[Westbrook]

> the giant warrior improbably felled by the young shepherd
> David and his sling.

No bias there.
/sarc

[cizinec]

“Improbably felled” in this context means he was felled in a manner that was improbable, not that the story is improbable.

A little sensitive for a Friday morning, aren’t we?

[Slump Tester]

" No bias there"

I'm not so sure. I had to read that part a couple times. They don't say allegedly felled by, they say improbably felled by.

Think about it, if you were in the Philistine camp and some young punk with a sling persists in mocking and calling out your biggest goon, your going to think the chances of that biggest goon getting killed are "improbable".

[Drawsing]

I have made several of these kinds of slings for my two boys. They are a lot of fun. You can sling big stones a long way. They make a humming sound as they leave the sling.

[Jonty30]

If you read the story carefully, it doesn’t look like the stone, actually killed him. Probably stunned him or momwntarily knocked him out, but it took his beheading to kill him.

The sling was a military weapon that could kill most men, because stones the size of a man’s fist were use and they were thrown in high velocities.

[SengirV]

You are correct. No Bias.

I think your spidey senses are off today.

[stuartcr]

Is bias the same thing as not believing something is true?

[RobinOfKingston]

Taking a little heat this morning, I see. Here is a quote from the article that supports your position, Westbrook:

That would include the era of the kingdom ruled from Jerusalem by David and Solomon, if such a kingdom existed as described in the Bible. Other Philistine sites have provided archaeologists with information about earlier and later times but not much from that key period.

Emphasis added, as the saying goes.