[hereiamguy]

tigermoff,
in defence of what you said about st. paul, he spent his whole life teaching and preaching the gospel of jesus. no, he was not a witness at the time that christ was with the other disciples but jesus choose saul (paul) to be the teacher of the gentles and the world. paul was taught what he needed to know by people christ brought into his life and he had 3 years in the desert being taught by the holy spirit. remember also, peter had a large part to paul's understanding of the teachings of jesus. paul had to stand before the church in jerlusrem and give an account of his faith and how he came to be a christian after killing and prsicute so many of them. james (the brother of jesus) was the leader of the new way and he had a hard time accepting that paul had really changed. it was through peter's standing up for him and the teachings that paul was preaching, that he was given the blessing of "the way" and if you read any of his letters they are dripping with nothing but jesus and what he meant and stands for and how to have faith in his kingdom and know the love and the grace of christ and all love for all mankind and acceptance of each other in the name of love. i am not trying to preach to you or anyone else. i just felt i needed to clear up the fact that paul was a true deciple of jesus.
peace to you,
pamelak