When Paul attended the Jerusalem Conference in 48 or 49, a decisionwas made that gentiles would be allowed to become Christians withoutbecoming Jews first (ie. have a circumcision, and follow the JewishLaws). Paul, being the one that defended the gentile's right to beChristians, became the apostle to the gentiles. Why would Paul, a Jew,want to be an apostle to gentiles? According to him, Jesus appeared tohim in AD 32 or 36, and told him to preach the good news to thegentiles (Gal 1:16). Paul uses scripture to explain why gentiles should not be requiredto be circumcised, or obey Jewish Law; however, there are no directquotes in scripture that say this. One would wonder why Paul, someonewho grew-up in a "good" Jewish family, would not follow in thefootsteps of Jewish Christian Missionaries, and require Christianconverts to become Jews first. He certainly had to fight to have hisbelief accepted! In my opinion, Paul tried to follow the example ofthe original apostles (who knew Jesus) by "converting the multitudes."I think Paul understood human nature better than the other apostle....

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