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I get it. You don't like the Pope. I''m Catholic and I don't like Pope Francis either. The Catholic church is in a struggle right now, there are many Catholics who think that Francis isn't really the Pope. I myself am undecided.

You are the Antichrist

Mark 13:22
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For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show signs and wonders in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect.
Mark 3:29
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But he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4

Let no one deceive you by any means, for that day will not come, unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

I assure you I am not the Anti-Christ.

So, you are an apostate

I think apostate is a more appropriate title for Paul than apostle. Paul appointing himself an apostle has always irritated me, as has Paul as a person.

Back to Paul the Irritant. Acts 9:1–19 claims that Paul, who was persecuting Followers of the Way, was on his way to Damascus (to do some more persecuting) when he was blinded by a brilliant light and Jesus spoke to him. Acts also tells two variants of this story in 22:1–16 and 26:4–18, but Paul only briefly alludes to it in 1 Corinthians 15:3–8 and Galatians 1:11–16. Interesting! Paul’s conversion took place around 33–36 CE, and Acts was written around the turn of the second century—methinks that conversion tale is fiction.

So how do you feel about Paul being the author of all the New Testament Letters, to Romans, Ephesians, Galatians, Corinthians 1 and 2? It's right next to the Gospels.

I believe that deep down, Paul knew he was not a true apostle but, to give himself authority, claimed he and Jesus were buddies. They weren’t. I even suspect that Jesus wouldn’t have liked Paul—he was too much like a Pharisee.

Paul’s personality displayed some characteristics that caused me and several others to label him a braggart, gross exaggerator, and self-promoter.

Remember, Paul never said or heard the word Christian, nor was he one. He was what one might call a progressive Jew, and he developed a Christology in which God planned the murder of his son so we would be saved from our sins. That’s outrageous by today’s standards.

I'm going to examine each of your statements:

You say:<I believe that deep down, Paul knew he was not a true apostle but, to give himself authority, claimed he and Jesus were buddies. They weren’t. I even suspect that Jesus wouldn’t have liked Paul—he was too much like a Pharisee.>

Paul says <9For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 1 Corinthians 15:9-10

1 Corinthians 15:8 Paul says... 8 And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.

You say <Paul’s personality displayed some characteristics that caused me and several others to label him a braggart, gross exaggerator, and self-promoter.>

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2:1And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. a 2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling.

< You say of Paul <he was too much like a Pharisee>
This is because he was a Pharisee before he converted

Acts 22:3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I studied under Gamaliel and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.

The word "Christian" appears in the Bible here and in two other places, even if Paul did not call himself one.
<26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.>

The rationalization of a confused people

You see things one way, I showed you in the Bible where it contradicts your statements. You believe what you want.

>> I'm trying to understand your statement. You said you were a satanist. I said "Okay", meaning, "I understand what you wrote, it's correctly written.", not "I approve of it."

I am sorry my level of English is basic

English is supposed to be difficult to learn for people who don't speak it. If you are from somewhere in Asia, (I am guessing) it's even harder because the alphabet is completely different than a language such as Mandarin or Korean.

You are actually pretty smart.

>>You are a former Satanist. Okay.

Why?

I don't practice the Satanism nor honour the paganism.

I'm trying to understand your statement. You said you were a satanist. I said "Okay", meaning, "I understand what you wrote, it's correctly written.", not "I approve of it."

I am believer but i were a Satanist or a Mason

The first major form of modern religious Satanism was the Church of Satan, founded in San Francisco by Anton LaVey in 1966. LaVey also promoted his ideas through books, most notably The Satanic Bible (1969). LaVeyan Satanism was formally atheistic, presenting Satan not as a real being but as a symbol of humanity’s animal nature. It nevertheless accepted certain supernaturalist ideas, namely a belief in magic, with LaVeyan Satanists performing rituals with magical intent. LaVey’s beliefs were informed by right-wing libertarian principles and emphasized the idea that Satanists should regard themselves as an elite set apart from the “herd” of ordinary humanity.

You are a former Satanist. Okay.

Luke 24:25 Then he said to them, “You foolish ones and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

I know what I believe. I don't really know what you believe.

Read the Gospel of John. It explains more than the other three about the salvation purpose of why Jesus died on the Cross.