I doubt my disagreement will make a difference but I disagree. Paul’s encounter with Jesus is well documented and his ministry was opposed from start to finish until they took off his head. It is incomprehensible that his dedication accompanied by persecution, stoning, and eventual death were some kind of ploy on his part. Your arguments are based on out of context verses that have been misinterpreted. For example his attitude toward women and many comments about their value prove that he was in line with Jesus. Jesus came to fulfill the law and He used Paul to show what that looked like in real life.