There is some debate about which parts of the Pauline scriptures are genuine and which ones have been altered (or even forged) by someone else writing under Paul’s name. But that as it may, my exact words were “there are darned few places where Paul even mentions anything about Jesus being born, living, or dying, despite the fact that Paul wrote roughly half of the New Testament”. I didn’t say there were none. I said darned few. And I said “the early books say almost nothing about Jesus being born, walking around like a human, and dying”. I didn’t claim it’s nothing. I said it’s almost nothing. When you look at the huge volume of words which are attributed to Paul, it’s rather striking how such a tiny fraction of it discusses Jesus’s life at all, let alone any words of wisdom that Jesus is alleged to have preached.
Hmm that’s an interesting point. When Paul himself tells the Corinthians about his conversion, he doesn’t say anything about a blinding light or even describe what road he was on. He just says that Christ appeared to him. It seems rather strange to me that Paul would sweep the whole incident under a rug, only to have Luke turn it into a dramatic scene written 30 years later. This seems out of character for Paul, who frequently goes to great lengths to convince his readers that we should listen to him. Paul also fails to mention a blinding light when talking to the Galatians, just saying “I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin. I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.”
Interesting to note there that Paul says he got his information from Jesus and not from a man. That seems to imply that Paul thought Jesus was not a man. Either that, or Paul expressed himself poorly.