As she deceived me I watched and went out of my mind
My, my, my, delilah
Why, why, why, delilah
I could see that girl was no good for me
But I was lost like a slave that no man could free
At break of day when that man drove away, I was waiting
I cross the street to her house and she opened the door
She stood there laughing - Tom Jones
Samson had infinite strength, God could have made as strong as he wanted him to be. Could can use one man to destroy thousands of armies. one man is Gideon in judges had just 300 men that defeated over 125,000 men. Gideon had alot more men but God wanted all the men to drink from the river and some men drank with their hands, while some drank like dogs, only the 300 used their hands, the rest didn't.
Originally posted by Mindship
Samson was able to destroy a temple by toppling its supporting pillars. This had to involve, at the very least, moving mass equal to several tons. This woulda made him, for that moment, as strong as Spider-Man, maybe stronger.
Much stronger. I'd say Samson had at least CL100 strength.
The man took on a 1000 philistine men, with nothing other than a jawbone of a donkey!!! Remember..the Philistines are the same dudes who spawned the "Giant" Goliath. The "average" Philistine was a pretty fierce warrior, and was probably at least a Captain America level fighter. Without his webbing, I doubt even SM could take down more then about 10 of these guys. 😉
Originally posted by debbiejo
It's just another myth story just like Hercules and such.
If thats what you believe, but I happen to be a Christian and so I believe in the Bible. Which equates to me believing that there was a man who existed named Samson who was a complete idiot with all that strength.
Also about how much force would it take to just rip a lion in half?
Samson, according to the Marvel System (all scales 1-7)
Intelligence: 2 (normal, but appears to drop in Delilah's presence)
Durability: 3 (enhanced, above normal, but I don't recall any great healing prowess or resistance to spears)
Speed: 3 (superhuman, but not extremely so)
Agility: 3 (athlete)
Stamina: 4 (enhanced, good for hours)
Mental Powers: 1 (none)
Energy Projection: 1 (none)
Fighting Ability: 4 (experienced fighter, but likely relied a lot on brute strength, not so much finesse or technique)
Strength: 6 (75-100 tons. I don't think he was at this level all the time. Probably all his ability levels varied, depending on the task at hand and what God felt Samson needed to get it done)
Taking out 1000 Philistines...yeah, that's no small feat (how exactly did Sammy wield that jawbone??) I don't think Neo had to deal with 1000 Agent Smiths.