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== Dual User provenance ==
This article is largely a dual submission of original work. I am the same user as Temlakos on [[CreationWiki]], and the material for my edits of this article is based on [http://creationwiki.org/index.php?title=Goliath&diff=98580&oldid=76688 this version] of the CreationWiki article, which (except for the link to a previously uploaded image) is entirely my own work.--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]]<sup>[[User talk:TerryH|Talk]]</sup> 13:57, 29 May 2007 (EDT)
==Robert Wadlow==
==Robert Wadlow==
The comparison between Wadlow and Goliath is for medical reasons only, as both suffered from gigantism. However, while Goliath was a fearsome soldier for the Philistines, Wadlow was a complete opposite; he was known as "the Gentle Giant" by Alton residents and was very well-loved by many. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 14:33, 29 May 2007 (EDT)
The comparison between Wadlow and Goliath is for medical reasons only, as both suffered from gigantism. However, while Goliath was a fearsome soldier for the Philistines, Wadlow was a complete opposite; he was known as "the Gentle Giant" by Alton residents and was very well-loved by many. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 14:33, 29 May 2007 (EDT)
== The name Goliath ==
== The name Goliath ==
I deleted some material about the non-Semitic nature of the name "Goliath" being used as an argument against the historicity of Golaith. In fact scholars have known for quite a long time thatthe Philistines originated from Asia Minor/Greece and were of Indo-European ancestry - hence finding an Indo-European name on a potsherd in a Philistine city was no surprise. (In fact there were two names on the postsherd, ALWT and WLT - neither is identoical with Goliath, which is thought to be connected with the Lydian name Alyattes, but they share similarities). [[User:PiCo|PiCo]] 13:31, 26 June 2007 (EDT)
I deleted some material about the non-Semitic nature of the name "Goliath" being used as an argument against the historicity of Golaith. In fact scholars have known for quite a long time thatthe Philistines originated from Asia Minor/Greece and were of Indo-European ancestry - hence finding an Indo-European name on a potsherd in a Philistine city was no surprise. (In fact there were two names on the postsherd, ALWT and WLT - neither is identoical with Goliath, which is thought to be connected with the Lydian name Alyattes, but they share similarities). [[User:PiCo|PiCo]] 13:31, 26 June 2007 (EDT)
:Sorry, but I don't accept that as friendly. In fact, skeptics of the historicity of Goliath ''did'' use the non-Semitic nature of his name to make their point--as the reference I cited clearly states.--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]]<sup>[[User talk:TerryH|Talk]]</sup> 15:09, 26 June 2007 (EDT)