Why do Christians like to compare Paul to Jesus?

I attended a meeting about Jesus last Sunday and was surprised when the subject digressed into Paul's work and importance.I've seen this a lot of times before, in sermons and so forth. Is it that Jesus isn't all that interesting compared to a real hard-working intellect like Paul's, or is it that people need to see Jesus as just another member of the body of the Church? If that's the case, why don't we compare Mohamed or Mohammar Qaddafi, for that matter to Jesus, or Ted Koppel, or Brit Hume?