What is Convert?
Religious conversion is the adoption of a set of beliefs identified with one particular religious denomination.
Thus "religious conversion" would describe the abandoning of adherence to one denomination and affiliating with another. People convert to a different religion for various reasons, including active conversion by free choice due to a change in beliefs, secondary conversion, deathbed conversion, conversion for convenience, marital conversion, and forced conversion.
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1.What happened after Apostle Paul converted to Christianity?
After his conversion, Paul who was the enemy to Christians suprisingly did not go back to Jerusalem to meet learn from, or even apologise to the Apostles.
Instead he went to Arabia, and then returned to Damascus, Syria. After three years, Paul returned to Jerusalem when he spent fifteen (15) days with Peter and met James. He did not meet any of the other Apostles.
2.What dramatic experience made Apostle Paul convert to Christianity?
Their are a number of varying versions of Paul’s vision as he
describes it to various different people of different races.
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto
him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Acts 9:4
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice
speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou me?
Acts 26:14
And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing
a voice, but seeing no man.
Acts 9:7
And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were
afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
Acts 22:9
In the above accounts, their are a number of obvious
contradictions:
1. ACTS 9:4, it is stated that only Paul fell to the ground on
seeing the light. Verse 7 says that others with him stood
speechless.
2. ACTS 26:14 says they ALL fell to the ground.
3. ACTS 9:7 states that the people who journeyed with Paul didn't
see anyone but heard a voice.
4. ACTS 22:9 says that those who were with Paul saw the light but
DID NOT hear the voice of the speaker.
3.What did Apostle Paul do after he converted to Christianity, on the road to Damascus?
According to historical records, Paul converted to Christianity between 1 to 3 years after Jesus' crucifixion. Following this mystical encounter, Paul disappeared from the scene to emerge 13 years later (47-60 CE) as Paul, a missionary to the gentiles.