[, all the kilonewton tests etc, let me throw this one out there: The Biblical accounts available to all and sundry are not very detailed...more like Cliff Notes. We 'know' that David picked up
five stones.
We 'know' that Goliath wound up with a stone in his forehead. Was it the first stone? The fifth?
See where I'm going here? These details are not in the Scriptures. As for being actually killed
by that stone in the forehead....
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I Can not answer all your questions but let me start with this "All the Bible is truth but not all truth is in the Bible" Example God created the earth ,true and in the Bible ,Dan posting on slinging.org true but not in the Bible. I do not want to get into "deep" theological discussion about creation and such because they usually end poorly so I will continue on David and Goliath, the part you are forgetting is God gave David great bravery in tough trials this is part of the story, also most of us hearing that david was four feet tall and goliath 50ft tall is usually an artist PERCEPTION and is usually way off. Also regarding how many shots he took
I just go by what it says.
48 As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. 49 Reaching into his bag and taking out
A stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
This indicate he only used one stone also keep in mind it says Goliath had his shield bearer IN FRONT of him so david had an even smaller (moving) target and it is my understanding that when ancient discoveries tried this it took the BALERIC WORLD CHAMPION several times to hit a stationary target that wasn't coming towards him with a sword, asuming David wasn't a superhero I am pretty sure there was some Divine intervention in this story.