"George Andrews Jr." wrote:
> Hi Dave;
>
> David F Siemens wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:57:30 -0400 "George Andrews Jr."
> > <gandrews@as.wm.edu> writes:
> > > > <snip>
> > > >
> > >
> > > The fact that those accompanying Paul did not also hear Christ's
> > > voice is my
> > > point. It was all in Paul's mind.
> > >
> > Sorry, George, but you need to read your Bible more carefully. Acts 9:7
> > says those with Saul heard a voice. So, if it was all in Saul's head, it
> > was also in the heads of those accompanying him.
> >
> > Dave
>
> Thanks for the correction. I thought they just heard sound. But I agree
> with your conclusion that is was also in the heads of the others. Again,
> where else would it be. However, unless I am mistaken again, I am afraid
> you may be missing my point concerning a theistic interpretation of the
> experiments. When I say it was in Paul's and his companion's minds, I am
> not arguing that the source wasn't God. I am saying that religious
> experiences must be in the mind so experimental stimulation shouldn't worry
> us.
>
The situation is not as simple as Dave suggested. Acts 9:7 does say
that the men with him heard the voice, but Acts 22:9 says that they "saw the
light but did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me," while
26:13-18 says nothing about the experience of those with Paul except that they
fell to the ground.
Of course solutions have been proposed, such as the two discussed by
F.F. Bruce, _The Acts of the Apostles_, (Eerdmans, 1952) p.199. According to
neither of these did they distinguish the _words_ apoken to Paul. Or it might
be simply 9:7 describes correctly what happened & that 22:9 reports correctly
what Paul said had happened, but that he was wrong - though this seems a
stretch.
Shalom,
George
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