More Stories, More Questions

So, here's yet another story from the Bible. This one is about Samuel and David of course.

David is chosen by Samuel to be the king of Bethlehem and he turns out to be very successful. Obviously he is the "good guy" of the story. And then, there is Saul, the jealous and selfish one (the "bad guy"). Long story short, Saul does things that God doesn't want him to do while David does almost everything that pleases God. So, Saul ends up cursed while David is blessed. Because of jealousy, Saul tries to kill him, but at the end of the first book of Samuel, Saul and his sons are the ones that end up dead.

This story, just like all the other ones, has a moral. But, all the stories I read in the Bible until now, I've noticed, technically share the same teaching: Always believe in God and follow His orders for you benefit (or else you will end up to be very miserable like Saul). But also, every time I read another part of the Bible, I always start asking myself more and more questions about God and the Bible itself. One question arose in my head when I read this part:

"Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel." (Samuel 28:11)

This is when Saul asks a woman to bring out Samuel's spirit for him. And, the woman just does it as if nothing happened. I thought only God had the ability to do such things. I mean, can any human bring up someone's spirit when they want to? And second of all, do the spirits of the dead just wander around Earth? Don't they either go to heaven or hell? Also, since David is so great, he is blessed by God and he's able to kill a really tough warrior, Goliath, with one single stone. So, God is technically giving David the right to kill since he has pleased God with all his doings and by obeying him. Of course, David is killing him to save his people, but isn't it weird how God is taking sides with David and not giving any chance for Goliath to win? Isn't that a bit unfair? Besides that, isn't it a bit selfish of David to kill other people only to save his? I don't know, but these small questions keep on coming up to my mind.

Anyway, the story is okay until now. It's a bit long, but still sort of interesting.