The Timbre of God’s Voice
Every voice is unique. According to Mayo Clinic Minute, this is because it depends on individual anatomy:
“Once it hits [the vocal chords], there are waves in the air, and those waves are going to vibrate in your pharynx, the upper part of your throat, the back part of your nose, and the sinuses in your head.”
How then does God’s voice sound? Does He have the right equipment for a suitably impressive baritone or bass? Or is it surprisingly high and nasal as they say Abraham Lincoln’s was? If only those who once heard it were around to tell us.
They say, taking a cue from a Biblical account of Elijah encountering God, that it’s more of a still, small voice:
“And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.” (1 Kings 19:12, KJV)
For my part, I’d be happy if God has a voice less like Charleton Heston or Morgan Freeman and more like Eva Green or Katie Melua, but that’s probably due to some failing of character. What kind of a sicko assumes the Supreme Being must sound smokingly sensual?
