tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post552971848731393698..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Biblical superheroesRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-69011542444788141172016-05-03T00:07:38.377-04:002016-05-03T00:07:38.377-04:00Interesting:
"The English advance was then d...Interesting:<br /><br />"The English advance was then delayed by the need to pass through the choke-point presented by the bridge itself. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle has it that a giant Norse axeman (possibly armed with a Dane Axe) blocked the narrow crossing, and single-handedly held up the entire English army. The story is that this axeman cut down up to 40 Englishmen and was only defeated when an English soldier floated under the bridge in a half-barrel and thrust his spear through the laths in the bridge, mortally wounding the axeman."<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stamford_Bridge" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stamford_Bridge</a>rockingwithhawkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10550503108269371174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-2285084865390276782016-05-02T12:47:47.760-04:002016-05-02T12:47:47.760-04:00I forgot to add that there are modern accounts of ...I forgot to add that there are modern accounts of soldiers who have hundreds of confirmed kills. They are usually snipers (except <a href="http://nypost.com/2013/06/23/sgt-1st-class-dillard-johnson-is-the-deadliest-us-soldier-on-record-with-2746-kills/" rel="nofollow">this guy</a> with 2,700+ kills), but that demonstrates the advantage of tactically superior positioning.<br /><br />Simo Häyhä ("The White Death") is an interesting case: the Finnish sniper took advantage of natural terrain to kill over 500 Soviet troops over three months.<br /><br />Häyhä also used clever tricks to outsmart enemy snipers: using iron sights to avoid scope glint and present a lower profile, firing on padded snow to prevent flakes from revealing his position, putting snow in his mouth to hide his breath.<br /><br />I am sure there were cunning ancient warriors as well.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784922935749497931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-58141480819013067642016-05-02T10:59:24.813-04:002016-05-02T10:59:24.813-04:00Regarding the 300 foxes, we have to remember that ...Regarding the 300 foxes, we have to remember that Samson was a judge (Judges 15:20). Whether he was a judge at that time or not doesn't really matter. His great strength alone would have caused him to have had followers (judge or no judge). In which case, Samson may have had help in rounding up the foxes and tying them up with torches. Also, catching foxes doesn't entail that all the foxes need to have been caught from the wild. Maybe some were domesticated/penned and stolen from the Philistines (who had no qualms about unclean animals). Samson may have taken days or weeks to carry out the arson. It doesn't say that Samson did this all in one day or night (though, Judges 15:6 might possibly be interpreted that way, but not necessarily).ANNOYED PINOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714774340084597206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-78442622744969873042016-05-02T10:31:27.990-04:002016-05-02T10:31:27.990-04:00Increased strength may also include an increase in...Increased strength may also include an increase in speed. Even if only enough to out run his enemies so that he can catch them. There's also the matter of pride (both personal and national) that can keep an army attacking. Also, the fear of what might happen to their families and relatives at home if they didn't contine attacking Samson despite the apparent suicide mission that it was. One can imagine a general promising to lavishly reward anyone who successfully kills Samson, and punishing deserters by killing their relatives.<br /><br />BTW, the atheist YouTube channel DarkMatter2525 has <a href="https://youtu.be/NRh7W-Bsg5g" rel="nofollow">a trilogy of a parody criticizing the Samson story</a>. The criticisms are answerable, but I can see how Biblical illiterate people and young Christians can be affected by DarkMatter2525's videos. Though I have to admit that the trilogy on Samson is hilarious, witty and creative. If only the creator of the video used his God given talents to defend Christianity. :(ANNOYED PINOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714774340084597206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-65241483767677800652016-05-02T04:24:07.116-04:002016-05-02T04:24:07.116-04:00Likewise the Battle of Thermopylae where a smaller...Likewise the Battle of Thermopylae where a smaller group of soldiers (including the famed 300 Spartans) held off a much larger Persian invasion force for a time largely due to confining the fight to a narrow passageway.rockingwithhawkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10550503108269371174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-7530614390571958152016-05-02T01:10:21.674-04:002016-05-02T01:10:21.674-04:00Other examples include the D-Day invasion, where w...Other examples include the D-Day invasion, where we stormed the beaches of Normandy. We succeeded through overwhelming force, but suffered hellacious casualties because the Nazis were so well positioned. Likewise, when we retook Okinawa and Iwo Jima. The Japanese were so dug in and well-prepared. In both situations, our troops fought at a great disadvantage. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-64738639160363313152016-05-01T19:31:44.105-04:002016-05-01T19:31:44.105-04:00"Suppose he leads them or lures them into a n..."Suppose he leads them or lures them into a narrow passageway (e.g. crevice) where they must approach him single file."<br /><br />Armies would often starve out fortresses/castles instead of assaulting them for this very reason. A handful of men properly placed can take out dozens of enemy troops. The disparity will be even more apparent if the match up is between well fed, seasoned troops and malnourished, under equipped peasant conscripts.<br /><br />Furthermore, at a certain point their morale would break and Samson could attack them as they ran away in a blind panic.<br /><br />I also don't see any reason to suppose he only used the jawbone to carry out finishing blows. For example, he could have pushed several at a time off tall rocks. Or he could have caused a panic where the front line retreats and stampedes soldiers behind them. There are several plausible tactical explanations.<br /><br />I don't know OT numbers as well as I would like. I assume "1,000" would be an approximation, something like saying he cut down an entire company of soldiers? A rhetoric of completion/domination?<br /><br />It's still incredible, but hardly impossible.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784922935749497931noreply@blogger.com