Boro Nut

If Paul was blinded by the light so he couldn't see, and Jesus was dead so he couldn't have heard him talk before, how come he knew it was Jesus that spoke to him on the road to Domestos? It's much more likely to have been one of the other blokes having a laugh with a mirror or a laser pen, especially when you take into account their farcical corroboration of his story (I seen it all with me own ears officer), and considering they would have all known what a complete twat he was by then.

Boro Nut

Hugo Holbling

I know several people called Paul and asked them each about this interesting problem. One told me that his missus said "get cleaning or get none, by God", which explains the Domestos and clears up the mystery (and the germs) for me. He said he changed the lampshade, too, but then remembered that the bright light was to prevent him getting a good look at his better half when climbing aboard.

Doctor X

As far as I know the "Journey to Damascus" is a story restricted to Acts and is based on--methinks Toto alerted people to this here--the a play by Eurypedes.

--J.D.

Toto

I'm not sure why this thread is still here, but it wasn't Euripides. Other parts of Acts may have borrowed from Euripides, but the shining light more likely comes from Heliodorus in the Old Testament apocrypha (2 Macc 3).

This is not some evil Atheist interpretation. Christians accept this parallel. The Conversion of Saul/Paul:

And could someone translate the first two posts from the British?

Doctor X

Toto:

It IS from Euripedes . . . you just have to have faith to see it!!

As for "British"--you just need to know that "twat" conveys the same general meaning as "prat."

--J. "Hey Nonny!" D.

The Evil One

This is almost as cruel as the Internet rumour that circulated a few years ago, telling Americans that "wank" was UK slang for an afternoon nap and that a "tosser" was one of your pals...

"Twat" does mean prat, but be careful how you use it. It also refers to an, ahem, certain part of the feminine anatomy.

Domestos - brand of bleach. Kills All Known Germs Dead.

Twat - laughable fellow / girl naughty bits.

Better half - trouble and strife, or, 'er indoors.

Peter Kirby

I have a brief piece at Christian Origins on the Euripides connection:

Euripides and Luke

best,
Peter Kirby

Doctor X

Which is a prat . . . but what does "prat" mean specifically?

Anyways, maybe it was Peter rather than Toto. . . .

--J. "Now I am Nacker'd" D.

Boro Nut

Well let's put the story into a little historical persepctive. You are sitting in the maket square of Damascus minding your own business, wondering whether it's BC or AD now, when all of a sudden, a blind man staggers up and says "You'll never guess who I've just seen".

No. Me neither.

Boro Nut

Hugo Holbling

Lord Lucan riding Shergar, perhaps? I give up.