>>13930757>2. Paul himself was laughed out of Athens and even during 150 a.d. Celsus, Galen and others mocked Christians.He was mocked of local intellectualoids in the same way leftist intellectualoids mock of christians, he still obtained a lot of followers in Macedon and Asia Minor.
Most of galatians (celts from Asia Minor) converted into Christianity, there were some letters of Paul to them warning about not following Judaizers.