Richard Carrier caused me to read the letters of Paul.
I’d strongly advise not to use Carrier as your guide on the letters of Paul. He presents a weird and contrived reading of what Paul says to try to make those letters fit the fantasy that Paul didn’t believe Jesus was a recent historical human being and only believed in a kind of heavenly, celestial mythic Jesus. This requires some bizarre and linguistically contorted interpretations of the Pauline material that, unless you’re very solid on the language and context of the letters, may sound plausible but is actually total nonsense.