Is that story a real event? ???

Well,,, Goliath would have been about 9 feet tall. That is not beyond the realm of possibility.
  Personally, I think its more along the idea of a cautionary tale. It also shows what the simple man ( or kid,David's are really isn't mentioned) can do against a better armed adversary.

I'm not Christian and I'd have never heard of David and Goliath if I didn't search for slings. ???

It was fairly common in that era for opposing armies to select their best warriors to fight in order to avoid greater bloodshed.   

As to the veracity of the biblical account.....here is but one source of interesting information:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A9914268


And as we already know, the power and accuracy potential of the sling is more than enough to have accomplished the alleged task.


I found the following DVD fairly intriguing:


http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1286661



TS

something like how i found this site, but i think i was searching for sling because i had remembered it from long ago

TS,

I don't know either but thanks for the Tip. (I'm SF writer)

nightweave

If you'll read the information at the link above, you'll find that mention of the "House of David" is a matter of archaeological record.  Such writing carries dynastic indices which, when coupled with other finds, shows conclusively that such an account as David & Goliath was well within the realm of possibility.  


When we look at the facts we already know.....we can readily ascertain that such account or one of high similarity was not only possible, but probable as well, given the variety of battles settled by single combat.


We know what the sling can do, and to find record that someone actually did it is, to me.....no indication of embellishment.







TS

I almost forgot to say something. The Bible was written by men, just like all holy text, and the bottom line is that men are inherently flawed and fallible.

Loki