Today is Galatians day for this post.
Galatians 1:10
For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
That did not age well, considering how Christianity is so popular that not being a christian upsets people more than being one. This very much feels like Paul talking rather than God.
Galatians 1:19
But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother.
This one is strange to me. What I was taught was that Jesus was God being human for a few years to experience our struggles, hence him saying his family are his followers and not his supposed parents and siblings. So why does Paul say that James is Jesus’s brother and not Mary’s son? That makes no sense unless I’m missing something.
Galatians 3:13
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Since when was God “too kool for the rules”? Laws are flawed, but saying that following them is hanging yourself seems a bit extreme.
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus
Than why are men and women treated differently in your previous letters, Paul? If they are one and the same, why force in differences as if they aren’t?
On another note, I keep thinking of that passage about how christians shouldn’t sue each other, and I feel like that line started some terrible things. It’s treated like if you call out another christian, you are going against the bible. I have to ask why suing was even on the table to begin with. If two christians are at a point where a lawsuit is being considered, someone/both is/are in the wrong or their communication is in disrepair, because most people don’t use lawsuits for a petty disagreement.