Historical Plausibility of Paul's Story

Unlikely?Unlikely based on what? Why must the probability factor come into play here? Why must evidence be presented, apart from the original manuscripts?Does the court have reasonable grounds to dismiss the validity of the manuscripts themselves? Edited by Phat, : No reason given.

I know little about the Historical aspects of the region, but why are we putting on our history caps and taking off our theological ones?

Dreams were never rational nor logical until the brainwaves could be measured. Ghosts, spooks, demons, and goblins are still unrealistic descriptions of as yet unexplained events.God will never be rational and reasonable unless people take the default position that God is a product of our imaginations and is unknown and unknowable. A minority of Christians worldwide take this position. (15-20% est)

Yeah, I'll admit as much! Anyway, lets examine some of Pauls philosophy, shall we? Never mind whether or not he was knocked off his high horse on the road to Damascus. We could disprove the entire Bible as nothing more than a collection of Asaps Fables, and the philosophy behind it all would still be open to interpretation. And thats my basic position: That the motives of the authors were noble and the philosophy itself has stood the test of time. Gutenberg didnt invent the printing press simply to crank out propaganda for the masses....We shall have to discuss the philosophy elsewhere though, as it appears this is a scientific Accuracy/Innerrency thread.