The thing is in comic book logic (and to a degree sci-fi fiction in general), dying and coming back to life is somewhat of a free pass in comics to write the character out of character. The most extreme example would be Drax the Destroyer... he went from a Superman to a Hulk to a Wolverine and back again everytime he died.
Paladin is inconsistent enough that I suspect he might be covering up some kind of bipolar illness
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I think Namor is one of them. A lot of writers can never seem to decide how his villainous and friendliness qualities should be balanced out.