Paul the Gnostic Ravenous Wolf
The Lies and Heresy of Paul of Tarsus
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Updated on: Friday, August 15, 2008
Introduction
Have you ever been uncomfortably perplexed by some "strange" statements made by Paul of Tarsus in his New Testament writings? Have these statements made you consciously, unconsciously or semi-unconsciously jump over them and immediately forget them, because they make you sense that there is something suspicious or flatly wrong with them? If you have experienced this once, or more, you are not alone. For two millenia many quiet voices have expressed their same genuine disquiet concern, most of the time even in front of the threat of persecution, torture and death. If this is your case and/or if you have heard others express their uneasiness concerning Paul' writings and doctrines, it would be good for you to consider the facts presented in these pages. All of them will clearly demonstrate to you that Paul of Tarsus was not after all a true prophet of the Almighty, but a mere convert of Judaism who, having apostatized from it, turned into the most important syncretizing Gnostic false prophet of Christianity. This statement is deeply shocking. Could Paul of Tarsus have been in reality a lying hypocrite and a vengeful anti-Semite? Again, in this essay you will surely find many hard evidences that will prove to you the undeniable fact that he was one of the Gnostic ravenous wolf dressed in sheep's clothing that Yeshua had warned about. According to him, these innocent-looking but vicious wolves would be evil false prophets who would come in their own name but who, opposite to Yeshua's case, would be widely received. As we shall see later on, such was the case of Paul of Tarsus.
Now, before we proceed, allow me to tell you that this quite extensive article (17 webpages) is based on three at times rather strong responses which I wrote to someone who, having nothing scriptural or reasonable with which to counter my years of research concerning the so-called "great Apostle Paul", and who unable to present any valid evidence to defend his Paulinist position, resorted to disrespectfully insult me on another website. In reality, I rarely answer insults from strangers; but in this case I decided to answer his contemptuous diatribe because he made it public when he had the opportunity to have made it private. So, first of all, and in order to give a context to my rather long and detailed answer, in the following paragraph you will be able to read his note.
01-29-2007
Hi, i am a believer and follower of Rabbi Y'shua Bar Yosef Mi Natzeret and His,the Father Yahuah.I believe the Tanakh and Messianic Scriptures to be the inspired word of Elohim,ALL of it from Bere****h to Revelation. Sadly yr good info on yr website is all been undone by this rediculous claim of Paul,Rabbi Shaul of Tarsus.It is absolutely ludicrous to claim he and James are in conflict with one another at ROM 6VS1.The age old mistake and miss-understanding of Pauls,which in actual fact are the FATHERS letters. The same mistake christianity makes thinking Paul is against the LAW.Sorry the only thing Paul writes of HIS own is when he says,not the Father but i say...99 percent of what Shaul wrote is from the FATHER.This attack on Paul is an actual attack on Yahushua so to reject Paul is to reject Yahushua. YOU need to repent of this and go back to the 2nd temple periode to understand the ishues being delt with,u need to read and understand the Scriptures from a Hebraic or Jewish mind set and not what the church has taught us.U have got a paper from Yashanet on yr web so go and read their paper on Roman and it will clear up yr deception u are in over PAUL AND REPENT of this deception. Let me know how u get on. yours in Yahushua, REPENT to the Covenant of LOVE for the REIGN OF YAHUAH draws near.
Stephen.
Dear Stephen, I am well pleased to know that you accept the declarations of the Jewish Scriptures because that way we have a common ground for understanding each other. It is also clear that you — like most Christians do — give to all the books in the New Testament the same value of Inspiration as Tanakh (what Christians wrongly call the
Old Testament) and even Torah (the five Books of Moses). Of course, as a Jewish person I completely disagree with that approach — even though in times past I used to believe that way too. At the same time, I regret to say that I also strongly disagree with the inquisitorial tone of your confrontational message so typical of the doctrinal intolerance prevalent in Christianity since the times of Paul of Tarsus who, by the way, was the one who introduced such an evil attitude and behavior by using threats, and even curses, against those who disagreed with his newly excogitated doctrines (I shall prove that later in his own words). For the time being, let me explain this last objection of mine first.
On Respect and Fairness, Religious Imposition and Freedom to Think
I do not have a contention with any of your personal beliefs, so long as you do not attempt to impose them upon me or someone else. I highly respect the right of every individual to believe whatever he chooses in accordance to his own understanding. For example, in your case I respect — although I disagree — your inalienable right to uphold the Hebrew Scriptures and the Christian ones at the same level. What I strongly oppose is the intention that you, or any other person, could ever hold of putting a mere human — yourself in this case — in the supreme Place of the Almighty by passing ignorant and arrogant judgment concerning things that pertain to the heart and soul of another independent human being. To exert such a spiritual judgment — despite of whatever Paul of Tarsus might have stipulated on the contrary so as to give himself the undue right to do it — is not only completely immoral and spiritually wrong (sinful) but, as the history Christianity and Islam clearly show, it is highly dangerous. Why? Because it ends up eventually developing tendencies toward religious genocide. Nineteen centuries of Christian unimaginable cruelty against the Jewish people, and even each other, are there to clearly confirm this axiomatic postulation. Without a doubt, any intolerance of dissenting opinions — and "human opinions" is another way to call religious "doctrines" or "theologies" which eventually turn into "dogmas" — is always conducive to: first, judgment; then, threats; and finally, violence. This repressive violence may be exerted physically or emotionally; but it is almost the same because both are wrong for being arrogant, self-serving, inhumane, and most of all, contrary to the spirit and the Mitzvot of Torah, the entire Tanakh and even the teachings of Yeshua that you so much value, and most of all the Intentions of the Highest One, blessed be His Name. This is what He says about it:
Leviticus 19:18
"You must not take vengeance, or bear a grudge, against the children of your people. But you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am YHWH."
Do you like to be judged? Do you enjoy being belittled? Do you love to be publicly insulted? What about being attacked for your personal beliefs? Who are you to tell other people that they meed to "
repent" from thinking different than you? Do you appreciate others seeking to be the "gods" of your mind and heart? Is that the way that you, and the rest of Christendom, love yourself, and therefore others? Is it "love" the "true" reason why you Christians constantly do these unloving things at the first sight of dissidence, not only in your own ranks, but to the rest of humanity in general? Why Christians bear a grudge against even other Christians of a slightly different doctrinal persuasion? Again, is that what you Christians call "love"? Well, reality is that such approach to engaging people is not love at all; it is precisely the opposite of love! Certainly, one thing is to believe that one loves his neighbor, and another totally different is to really do it. Could it be that non-Christians have a point when they accuse Christians of arrogant self-righteousness and hateful intolerance, instead of the genuine Love the Almighty commands? Have you ever put yourself, by any chance, in the shoes of a non-Christian when he is in the presence of a "committed" Christian? Now, I know that most Christians are sincere but gravely deceived when it comes to this matter. Such a massive deception comes from Paul of Tarsus, who being filled with intolerant hatred for Judaism — even the very version of Yeshua and his disciples in Jerusalem, as I shall thoroughly demonstrate in the following pages — was yet able to be rapturously lyric when writing about love. In due time I shall prove all charges in his own words.
Meanwhile, let us see what Yeshua said concerning love:
Matthew 19:19
"A new commandment I give to you: that you love one another — just as I have loved you, that you also love each other."
I am sure that you — just as myself and the rest of humanity — allow yourself to think anything and express what you think freely, without any restrictions or censure. Surely you also resent when other people try to impose upon you their particular views, as well as when they arrogantly abrogate themselves their non-existent right to interrogate you in a pedantic or authoritarian way. I am sure that you believe that Yeshua love his disciples in humility and with tolerance, without imposing his views or demanding compliance with his views.
John 6:66-67
66 From this time on, many of his disciples turned back and no longer traveled around with him. 67 So Yeshua said to the twelve, "Do you want to leave too?"
Notice that he gave them total freedom of thinking and of choosing. He did not make an emotional "piano-accompanied altar call" plead for them to stay with him. He did not try and scare them with the threat of Hell. Watch this case.
Matthew 19:21-22
21 Yeshua said to him, "If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven; and come, follow Me." 22 But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieving because he owned much property.
He was not militant in the least, but very respectful. So, I wonder, why Christians cannot do the same? Why can you not? Ah, the true reason is because in reality Christians are imitators of Paul, not of Yeshua. If you believe Yeshua, as you think you do, then do as he did and told his disciples to do, not as Paul said and did.
John 14:15
15 "If you love me, you will keep my commands."
The Origin of the Christian Problem
The problem of Christians begins here:
1 Corinthians 4:16-17
16
Therefore I urge you, be imitators of me. 17 For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways, which are in Christos, just as I teach everywhere in every church.
Now, reality is that Paul of Tarsus did not know the Way of Yeshua because he never knew him; neither did he ever learned anything from Yeshua's disciples, the ones that had hung around with him for some time. They not only had herd Yeshua's teachings directly, but had seen his personal behavior in private as well as in public. They were the ones who truly knew his ways, not Paul! But, interestingly enough, Paul conflicted with these very men who could solidly testify of Yeshua's true ways. Meanwhile, the only thing that Paul could claim in that respect was an unreliable vision of sorts, or a deceiving apparition. This is exactly what false prophet Mohammed claimed after him! Do you believe Mohammed too? Why not? After all, shocking as it may sound, both had the same historical fruits:
- self-righteousness,
- constant tendency to judge others,
- delusions of spiritual grandeur,
- dictatorial tendencies,
- persecutions again's dissidents,
- violence,
- wars,
- armed conquests,
- self-delusional hypocrisy
- spiritual cruelty,
- sexual bigotry,
- intolerance
- dictatorial tendencies
- and many other things of that nature.
Too many people with dictatorial tendencies may try, and sometimes succeed, in suppressing other's freedom of expression — but, hard as they may try, they can never repress their thoughts. Generally speaking, we listen, we see, we read, we study and then we interpret all our information. In that way, after careful consideration — if we are responsible, of course — we arrive to our personal conclusions on any given matter. Surely we always allow ourselves to think whatever we understand without imposing on ourselves any restrictions or censure. Ah, but in reality we do not love other people — even our neighbor, or the very children of our own people — as much as we love ourselves. I say this because, while we are totally tolerant with ourselves, when it comes to others we tend to be rather intolerant respecting their differing religious or political opinions — and in the midst of religious opinions I for sure include atheism. We go ballistic when, out of our deep-rooted insecurity and our unconscious fear to be proven wrong, others' opinions are opposite to ours — most of all, when they are openly expressed for other people to hear them and convince them, thus making us fill emotionally threatened and therefore personally attacked. It is then when we fill a passionate need to ridicule, condemn, suppress such opinions by any means — and that always includes attacking the character of the dissident. How many times have we seen this? Ah, way too many to count them. (Your message is an example of it.) As for me, I had to suffer several lifetimes of this inhuman dysfunction while living under the atrocious Cuban tyranny of Castro. I also suffered it when, as a Christian, I went to multiple churches. It is because of these experiences and what I know of history that now I do not take it lightly in the least.
If nowadays many intolerant people — Christians and atheists among them — do not get physically aggressive against their "doctrinal opponents" it is because modern laws do not allow such irrational and immoral behavior anymore — at least for the time being. Notwithstanding, Christians and atheists do practice their little inquisitions and religious persecutions by subtly doing it in a spiritual and emotional way. That is, Christians and atheists (a sad parallel indeed) perform their own modern inquisitions by the no less cruelly-intended means of subtle belittlement, open ridicule, harsh criticism, character denigration or assassination (lashon hara), fratricidal excommunication, personal disenfranchisement, etc, etc, etc.
Tragically, intolerance, the mother of so many evils, seems to be innate in human nature. But, the saddest part of that negative human trait is shown when it comes to Christianity ... yes Christianity. Why? Because it is only in Christianity when intolerance is performed in the name of "love"! Imagine that! What a massively self-deceived hypocrisy! How can Christians ever convince the non-Christians that they are one vehicle of the Almighty's Love — as Christians do love to think and say — when what they constantly convey is some of the most simple elements of hatred: self-righteousness, judge-mentality, rejection and intolerance? How can Christians ever convince us that they love us, if they do not even love their own dissenting coreligionists?! How, then, can they get surprised at all, much less aggravated, when the "unbelieving world" calls them, "hypocrites"? What the world needs is acts of personal
true love, and genuine humility, not doctrinal unity among the so-called "followers" of Yeshua who in reality follow the Roman way of Paul. But, how things got this bad among Christians anyway?
Well, it was none other but Paul of Tarsus, the ultimate wolf in sheep's clothing, the very evil man whom Christians idolize so much. He deceptively taught them to be inordinately zealous concerning the unity of doctrine — of course,
his own particular doctrine!
Galatians 1:8-9
"But even if we, or an angel from Heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received from us, let him be accursed.
1 Corinthians 16:22
"Let anyone who has no love for YHWH be accursed. Our Lord, come!"
Does that sound to you like anything Yeshua ever said? Can anyone in good conscience justify such unloving curses? Why would that be? Let us go now to the next page to see another one even worse than this one.
Leviticus (Wayikra) 18:4-5
4 My Judgments you shall do; and you shall observe
My Ordinances to walk in them. I am YHWH your Elohim.
5 So, you shall observe
My Ordinances and
My Judgments because
the man who accom-
plishes them
will live by them. I am YHWH!
Deuteronomy (Devarim) 4:1-2
1 Now, Israel, listen to the Ordinances and the Judgments which I am teaching you
to perform, in order
that you may live and come and possess the Land which YHWH, the Elohim of your ancestors, is giving you.
2 You shall not add upon the Word which I am commanding you; and
you shall not take away from it, regarding the
Commandments of YHWH your Elohim, with which I am charging you.
Deuteronomy (Devarim) 4:5-6
5 Look, I have taught you the Ordinances and the Judgments
just as YHWH my Elohim did to me, so that
you do them in the midst of the Land which you come to possess over there.
6 So, you shall observe them and do them, because it is Wisdom and Understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all the Ordinances, these Ones, and will say: "Surely these great people are a wise and understanding people."
Deuteronomy (Devarim) 5:1
1 Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: "Hear, Israel, the Statutes and the Ordinances, which I am speaking today in your ears, so that you may learn them and
observe them carefully.
Deuteronomy (Devarim) 6:1
1 Now, this is the Command-
ment, the Ordinances and the Judgments which YHWH your Elohim has commanded me to teach you, so that
you may do them in the Land where you are going over to possess it,
2 in order that you and your son and your grandson might fear YHWH your Elohim; to keep
all His Ordinances and His Com-
mandments, which I command you, all the days of your life and
so that your days may be prolonged.
Deuteronomy (Devarim) 8:1
1 All the Commandments that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do,
so that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the Land which YHWH swore to give to your forefathers.
Psalm (Tehillim) 119:4
4 You have ordained Your Precepts that
we should keep them diligently.
Psalm (Tehillim) 119:34
1 Give me understanding, so that I may observe Your Torah
[Heb. Instruction] and keep it with all my heart.
Do you believe in Yeshua? Then, look what he said:
Matthew (Mattithyahu) 5:17-19
17 Do not think that I came to abolish Torah or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill.
18 Because I tell you for sure that
until Heaven and earth have passed away, not one Yud
[the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet], nor the least stroke
[of a Hebrew letter] — shall pass away from the Torah, until
everything has
[passed away].
19 So, whoever annuls ONE of the least of these Comman-
dments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called "least" in the Kingdom of Heaven. But whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called "great" in the Kingdom of Heaven.
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