# Are there Christian sects that cast out Paul's teachings?

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**Created:** [January 21, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-christian-sects-that-cast-out-pauls-teachings/846757 "2020-01-21T17:13:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-christian-sects-that-cast-out-pauls-teachings/846757/41 "2020-01-31T21:30:25Z")

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Not exactly on point, but Thomas Jefferson assembled the so-called [“Jefferson Bible,”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Bible) comprising only the teachings of Jesus.

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**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-christian-sects-that-cast-out-pauls-teachings/846757/42 "2020-02-03T06:50:40Z")

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Around half my life ago I corresponded online with a fellow who claimed to be a priest of an Assyrian denomination. He said the letters of Saul / Paul were taken as a unit, not as discrete “books”, and were considered non-canonical, on about the same level as writings of later church fathers. Thus I conclude that modern Xians follow Saul / Paul, the torturer and death-squad leader, not the biblical Jesus. I don’t trust torturers. YMMV.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-christian-sects-that-cast-out-pauls-teachings/846757/43 "2020-02-03T11:45:24Z")

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**[Moderating]**

**RioRico** , the first half of your post, that there’s an Assyrian denomination that considers Paul’s letters non-canonical, is exactly on topic for this thread (though it’d be helpful to know which denomination). The second half, that Paul is a torturer and death-squad leader and hence Christians are not to be trusted, is exactly not on topic, for this thread or for any other in GQ. Since you have a history of not understanding the boundaries of GQ, perhaps another Warning will help you remember.

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