I dunno how it happened but years ago I got suckered by those TED Talks, I think they were called. I watched a string of them and they were pretty good! Astronauts came on and gave respectful relevant lectures, maybe some doctors and other PhD egg heads… it was interesting stuff.
One day this 4 ft. tall rat faced, greasy little jew came out and proposed that in the epic biblical David vs Goliath battle…David was ackshually an overpowering powerhouse bully, and Goliath was a sad victim of giantism or elephantiasis or some damn thing - and was the pitiable victim of religious oppression. The crowd thought he as stunning and brave and gave him a standing ovation. I thought he was an ass and held my nose! HAR HAR HAR!!! HAR HAR HAR! Later I saw him on another OyTube vid where he was surrounded by what were clearly his groupies - and as you might expect… they were all 400 lb. whale tailed fatties and chubsters that thought he walked on water. I laughed like hell and then never saw him again. I made a point to detour around the TED Talks too… they’d gone straight downhill. I wonder if they still do them?
When this kid started talking about the biblical duel my shields went straight up, I put full power on the forward phaser banks and hit the red alert. I thought I was in for another jewish narrative but came away with a different and plausible perspective on it. Your mileage may vary, I detected no BS in this but you do you:
I’d read accounts of Romans being met by these weapons and one expert claimed they could easily produce kinetic energy akin to a stout .45 ACP load. Only a fool faces such weapons with contempt and impunity. In that light there’s any number of other morals to be derived from the story. To me it was just another example of the layers upon layers of meaning and complexity of the bible that are to easy to lose from our vantage point of modern humans.
Bah. I tend to geek out on archaic weapons and ancient history and battles. But we live in an age where old lessons have to be repeated as painfully and inhumanly as possible I guess.
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My understanding of ancient battles is that two large groups would line up, but rarely fought an all out battle. Take that scene from the movie with Brad Pitt, "Troy". The two kings meet and discuss, then agree that their champions only will fight and decide the battle. The champions are supposed to meet and fight as equals. Well, same deal, except little David doesn't march out in armor to meet Goliath as an equal, he cheats and uses a sling. Like a little bastard.
ReplyDeleteI got no love for David. Everyone at church just gushes over the OT stories of King David, not me. Smart money says he was the little butt boy for King Saul, who liked him some little boy action. And then later he murders his best friend so he can shag his wife. Then cries about it. Fucking fag.
Always remember, God had to tell the jews it was wrong to fuck their livestock. That pretty much says it all right there.
Not gonna comment Don. Some people have a hate-on for the church, and they are entirely fair too. There are churches, possibly entire denominations that need to be struck by lightning and burned to the ground, with their adherents cast into the eternal cess pool. All that’s over and beyond my pay grade. To me the church and the faith are two different things. And the church has gone off the rails before.
DeleteYou can nit pick the fly shit out of the pepper and point out the inconsistencies and paradoxes in our origin stories. For me it’s a gift to be able to listen to the voices of our ancestors as they struggled to relate to their Maker the same way I do today, and be better people.
God's name is Odin. He is Nordic by birthright. Kent
ReplyDeleteThe most important thing you need to comprehend the Bible is about numbers. In Semitic languages (including Arabic and Hebrew), the numbers ten and forty don't literally mean 10 and 40. They mean "some" and "many", or "a few days, maybe a week" and "a long time, maybe a month".
ReplyDeleteYou absolutely cannot take Biblical numbers literally.
Jesus spoke Aramaic as did many jooos. Many jooos converted to speaking Greek. Read your history. I had a baptist preacher "Carl" he does Christian prayer in hebrew his mind was infected by a "messianic-jooo" named Zev Parot
DeleteThere is no such thing as messianic-jooo just read Paul's letters there is no such thing as joooodeo-Christian. There is no such thing as a zionist-Christian. The entire new testament is a repudiation of what these satanic people did and continue to do.
Thanks for posting that. Inspirational. Sounds more like the truth than what you hear that David was a young naive boy. He grew up having to defend his charges and was a young God-fearing/trusting man.
ReplyDeleteAll the theology put aside, there are some interesting aspects as reported. The Michaelangelo statue of David was produced during a time when biblical and historical information was not as edited. The statue reflects some intriguing aspects of the sling, and projectile that are commonly disregarded. However, the artist is well regarded for his accuracy and attention to detail .
ReplyDeleteThe story tells of Goliath questioning why they sent a boy with sticks, as if Goliath was a dog. The stone depicted in the sculpture is much too large for a standard sling, and the cloth is, also.
However, a staff sling would fill the bill nicely. I've used slings a lot, and they are not mere toys.
Good advice.
ReplyDeleteI probably need some range time.