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Originally Posted by BigJohn
Soon, Samuel was recognized by the people of the land to be a Prophet.
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What are your thoughts on Samuel? I've been wondering whether he was a really true divinely inspired prophet.
His annointing of Saul as king might not have been the best "divinely inspired" choice.
Samuel's role in the genocide of the Amalekites, including innocent animals and children, has also raised lots of questions.
Even his annointing of David as king has not been without obvious problems (the Uriah/Bathsheba story, for example).
To stay on topic with the theme of Spiritualism, the Witch of Endor story (in which the spirit of Samuel reportedly appeared to Saul) suggests that Saul did
NOT rest in peace but was lingering over some of the mess that he himself created in his role as a prophet of Israel.
