@NealNealNeal,
Was Romans really written by Paul the Apostle?
A man who started out his infamous career murdering Christians. Did you feel the need to murder people before you became a Christian? Talk about "role models"...
Then after his bloodthirsty rampage he became, a never married, Christian, hung around with mostly men and taught the church how to hate homosexuals.
Some of the writings attributed to Paul are good but one wonders if those are the parts written by others.
Paul's homophobia is half truths at best, hateful and unenlightened garbage...
The church can do better than Paul when it comes to "role models"...
Pope Francis comes to mind...