Why did God stop Saul of Tarsus from killing all the Christians?

...and you're talking about the *good* guys. How much more messed up it'd be with out them!

There are lots of things Jesus didn't tell us to do. Almost everything, in fact. He didn't tell us to breathe; should we stop doing that? The scriptures are not a rule book for every little thing.

Forgive me.

/Orthodox

This is obviously supposed to get religious believers annoyed, and I salute you sir! Some of these answers are pretty funny (especially from the religious side). And yeah, religion (ironically) evolves over time to suit the needs of it's followers, rather a lot like the Nazi party :)

Yes, God probably did know all these things. He also knew, along with his Son, Jesus, that there would be two major forms of Christianity, false Christianity with all it's different denominations and the one true Christianity. You can see the former all around you today, you can see the latter by visiting a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Saul was much more useful as a Christian, as he was much more highly educated than Jesus' other disciples. He was a high-ranking member of the religious establishment of the time- the Sanhedrin.

This would be like turning Alex Jones pro-Obama.

God gave us a world, we sin in the world, its never going to be perfect.

The Church is guided by the Holy Spirit that's the one that Peter was the leader and Paul helped bring the Gentiles into the fold because he was both Jew and a Roman citizen.

Faith takes many paths, we trust in God's mercy and goodness and don't worry about people who claim that its all wrong.

So, because Satan would inflame lots and lots of evil minded people to thwart the course of saving peoples souls, by calling themselves Christians too, God should not have helped it survive?

Poor judgment. If he had Christianity would have died out long ago.

Today's Christianity should really be labeled "Paulism" since over 80,000 words in the NT are attributed to him. The amazing thing is that he never met Jesus while he was alive.

Because it was to show that even Christianity's worst enemy could become one of them. Plus, don't whine about Christmas, the idea of it is to praise God. Just because God didn't tell us to do something doesn't mean we should do it. God didn't tell us to drive a car, or use a computer, so why should celebrating Christmas be any different?

Ask God.

It was known that these things would occur and they were foretold