Convert me to Christianity

I think my opponent underestimates the power of faith, especially for a man like Paul. It is highly unlikely that he had suffered from guilt or the other reasons my opponent listed. If I have a dream or some mirage of sorts that I should convert to Islam (considering I am a lifelong christian, and my faith is stronger than most adult's) I know for sure I would never do it. Seeing how strong Paul's faith was and how he persecuted these people shows us another picture. Paul witnessed thousands people dying, tortured and thrown in prison because of him. I doubt after seeing what he had seen that one dream had forced him to convert. I agree with my opponent that Jesus must have been a very charismatic man. First of all, I would hope that everyone understands that I do not think that Jesus put these men under some sort of magic spell, Jesus was the way, so people followed him. However, Jesus being a great speaker doesn't really mean much. Was not King Herod charismatic? He certainly must have been to order the execution of every baby boy in the city of Bethlehem. Was not the Cesar charismatic? He must have been to maintain such a vast empire. Why would these people want to give up there lives to some guy who could speak well? Instead, they could follow some other charismatic guy and have an easier life. Like with the argument for Paul, I think my opponent is missing the point here. We all have to realize that this was over 2000 years ago. If a man who did miracles like Jesus did and said things that Jesus did, there is no denying that the majority of the population would follow this man. However, at this point in time, the Romans were in charge. Under the Romans, we had the Jewish council who controlled the population of its people. In other words, the Romans told the Jewish leaders how to lead the Jewish nation. My point here is that the majority of the Jewish people did in fact convert. In fact, as Jesus entered one city, the people cried "Hossana, Hossana to the Son of David!" The Jewish people of today are just descendants of the higher up Jews that worked with the Romans. Well, why didn't Jesus rule the world? The answer to that is that you still have the Romans on top and the Jewish Council below them. In fact, the Sadducees in the Jewish council (one of the "political parties" in the Jewish community, the other being the Pharisees which I mentioned earlier) didn't even believe a Messiah would come! There could be no revolution against the Jewish leaders because the Roman Empire was right behind them. Even though the believers were at the majority (especially after the ressurection), the top dogs still held the keys. Any uprising would get them killed by the Romans. Again, Luke was a medical doctor from Rome. At this point in time, if you were Christian in Rome, you get killed. Luke was a brave man who sought the truth. He interviewed people from all over the world who had actually met and lived Jesus. Luke interviewed hundreds of people who had seen him do the miracles. After writing the gospel of Luke, he dedicated his whole life to Christ. This reminds me very much of the case for Paul except that it happpened slowly instead of all at once. How on earth would a pagan medical doctor from Rome convert to Christianity? The answer is very simple, he looked at the facts. My opponent states that Constantine had no sincere conversion. However, he did issue the edict of toleration (which my opponent stated). I believe Constantine's conversion was in fact very sincere, if anything, the reasons my opponent gives help support my position: Constantine did what Christ would have done and tolerated the remaining pagans. In fact, before Jesus was taken to prison, Peter cut off one of the servant of the high priest's ear. Jesus actually healed the man's ear. Obviously, Constantine looked at this passage and others like it. Constantine knew to love his enemies. Constantine most likely kept the images of Roman gods on the coins to keep the history of the Roman empire alive. I agree with my opponenet that Constantine is not exactly Paul. However, I think his intentions were essentially pure. He wanted one stable empire worshipping the one true God. Was not everything going fine under paganism? I must also point out that while Christianity was winning in the hearts and minds of the majority of the Jewish people, you cannot say the same for the Roman people. Because their dedication was sincere (at least openly, some may have been athiest secretly), I doubt politics had anything to do with Constantine's conversion.