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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • Also, David basically brought a gun to a knife fight against Goliath. Seems like Goliath should have been considered the underdog :3

    Its been suggested that the combat could have been a ritualistic slaughter. Much like the Gladiator Ring was ritualized slaughter, to appease the masses.

    IE: David vs Goliath, if it were to ever have happened in true history, would have always been written down like the story. The concept of “true history” wasn’t invented until centuries after that particular story. The purpose of writing in the Bronze Age was to build shared culture and shared stories.