Yes Ladies and Genglefins, there is available now, a David action figure, complete with sling  and stones. It is available through Christian retailers. It also has slinging action in it's arm. ( now all it needs is a kung fu grip)

Funny you should mention that... when I was a kid I had both a David action figure (complete with detachable sling), and a Goliath action figure.  No shield bearer though.  Neither of them had any sort of spring action, but I still thought they were cool.

We are so facinated by it because the story is not about the power and accuracy of the sling, but the power of G-D triumphing over evil.  Because without the power of G-D behind him, David would have surley missed, with all five stones.

yeah yeah - but where's the picture of the doll in action. And I'm with aussie.
God's hand was not in the fight itself but (bear in mind i'm a sort of not-quite atheist lol) in davids life up to that point. He had the skill with the sling already. The fight was pretty much a formality.
So if god helped him then it was in his being a shepherd and having to use his sling day to day, pre-planning you might say :-)


had to post this article I came across while looking for the david action figure :-)
[url]http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3319/holy_toyland/[/url]

[quote]Jesus, who looks remarkably like the Brawny Paper Towel Man, has kung-fu grip and utters soothing but authoritarian Bible quotes, like, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again” (John 3:3). This lumberjack-like Jesus made some headlines in 2006 when the Toys for Tots organization (a branch of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve) refused a donation of 4,000 of the dolls for its annual Christmas drive. The irony of turning down Jesus toys for Christmas seems too obvious for comment, but Toys for Tots worried that children on the receiving-end of these donations may not be Christian and therefore it could seem more like a missionary gesture than plain charity. A few days later, however, Toys for Tots reversed its decision and accepted the Jesus dolls, saying simply that they had “found appropriate places for these items.”[/quote]
You couldn't make it up lol

YES !
I found a page flogging these things :-)))
[url]http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&item_code=WW&item_no=112003&netp_id=478995&p=1027100&view=details[/url]

Complete with sheep !
[img]http://g.christianbook.com/g/slideshow/1/112003/main/112003_1_adv.jpg[/img]

And of course you have to have goliath. Who is 2 inches taller than david. so 5 1/2 inches versus 7 1/2 inches. Actually about right :-)
[img]http://g.christianbook.com/g/slideshow/1/112011/main/112011_1_adv.jpg[/img]

We just don't get fun stuff like this in england.

Aussie wrote on Jun 7^th, 2008 at 6:48am:


The Bible says do not murder not to kill israel was declared war upon so goliath was a K I A.

One thing that must be remembered is that the Old Testament was a chronicle of the ancient Hebrews, told from their point of view. No equal time for worshippers of Bel Marduk, Dagon, Ashtaroth, Osiris, etc. There's no way that we can know the rightness of the Israelo-Philistine conflict at this late date from a one-sided account.

Heck, David worked as a mercenary for the Philistines, IIRC.   

Even in recent history warring nations have claimed to have God on their side; same God, opposite sides.

Aussie wrote on Jun 7^th, 2008 at 6:48am:


I'd like to give this one a whirl but I'm not going to quote sources as the information is in the most widely distributed collection of books in the world. The simple matter of Biblical fact is that the God of the old testament was the God of "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth". He was also the God of the Jews, not the Christians. It is acceptable to Christians  because David conquered 1 man and in essence brought down an army. That might be viewed as a form of mercy from the viewpoints of some modern Christians and hence a miracle of God. It's not so much the violence that is praised, rather the result of an act that seems favorable.

sorry wanderer,
i just like proving people wrong (though i didnt win this time  )