City of Sodom Discovered: Archeological find gives insight into story of destruction

Fox News ^ | October 15, 2015 | LifeZette

[WhiskeyX]

It seems that Sodom and Gomorrah were not as “destroyed” as previously thought.

The ruins of the biblical city of Sodom reportedly have been discovered by U.S. archeologists in southern Jordan.

God punished the wickedness of the citizens by destroying the city with brimstone and fire, the biblical story explains. Only the righteous inhabitants were allowed to escape the destruction and were spared by God.

The archeological team, directed by Steve Collins of New Mexico’s Trinity Southwest University, has been working for 10 years in the Jordan Valley. It now believes it has uncovered this magnificent historical site.

If confirmed, the discovery could give the archeological community an invaluable understanding of how people lived during between 3500 BC and 1540 BC.

And perhaps most interestingly, the excavations are revealing that life in the city came to an abrupt end during the Middle Bronze Age (2000-1540 BC), seemingly consistent with the biblical story. Preliminary tests reveal there was a stark end of life that lasted for about 700 years.

[WildHighlander57]

Bookmarking....

[aimhigh]

Title:
City of Sodom Discovered: Archeological find gives insight into story of destruction

Article:
It seems that Sodom and Gomorrah . . . .

The archeological team, , . now believes it has uncovered this magnificent historical site.

If confirmed, . .

. . , he is fairly sure this is Sodom, he said.

Collins speculated that the upper part of the city . .

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Wiz-Nerd.

[SunkenCiv]

I thought I felt something up my alley. ;') Thanks Wiz-Nerd. This is the sixth current thread, so no list pings.

• Have archaeologists discovered the biblical city of Sodom?
• Archaeologists Claim To Have Found Ancient City Of Sodom (And Gomorrah)
• Archaeologist Believes Remains of Sodom's Fiery Destruction Have Been Found
• Archaeologists discover possible ruins of ancient Sodom in the Holy Land
• Possible site of ancient Sodom yields more finds

from the FRchives:

• Earthquake sank Port Royal "...the earth opened and swallowed up people before my face... [2015]
• Large asteroid heading to Earth? Pray, says NASA [2013]
• 2 Centuries After New Madrid Quakes, What's Next? [2011]
• Exciting New Archaeological Evidence Uncovered Could be the Site of Biblical Sodom [2011]
• Russian And Jordan Dive To Find Sodom And Gomorrah [2010]
• Russia Decides to Search for Sodom and Gomorrah-in Jordan [2010]
• Researchers: Asteroid Destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah [2008]
• Jordan site may be Biblical city of Sodom [2006]
• Lot's Museum begins to take shape (Near where Lot fled to when Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed) [2005]
• Inscribed Bricks Unearthed South Of Iran (1100BC) [2004]
• The Cave Of Lot's Seduction And The Monestary It Inspired [2004]
• Historic site in Iran turned into garbage dump, official complains [2004]
• Evidence for Major Impact Events in the late Third Millennium BC [2002]

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[Wiz-Nerd]

Ooooh! Oodles and Oodles of fun.

Thanks, SunkenCiv!!

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure.

Regarding these sites, I think the findings should be taken with a grain of, uh, never mind.

[Empireoftheatom48]

Oh my, you posted her, oh the wonderful joys of my youth, the pitter patter of my little heart beats. Such a hot babe!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

So, how could they tell it was Sodom? Did they find same-sex pairs of burned skeletons wrapped in each others arms?

[MeshugeMikey]

all details have yet to be announced//

[WhiskeyX]

“Did they find same-sex pairs of burned skeletons wrapped in each others arms?”

No, they found better evidence indicating the city was a part of the Minoan culture that practiced pederasty of male children as a mandatory part of the culture’s child rearing.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

If America doesn't acknowledge the depravity of sodomy and other immorality and apostasy, it will have no excuse before God the Judge for being judged as Gomorrah and Sodom in a fiery ending:

Yellowstone supereruption.

[SunkenCiv]

• The Overthrow of the Cities of the Plain
• The Age of the Dead Sea
• The Great Rift and the Jordan

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

If you think that’s bad, you should try the Washington Times site. That can freeze my computer up, and I have 8 GB RAM.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

No, they found better evidence indicating the city was a part of the Minoan culture that practiced pederasty of male children as a mandatory part of the culture’s child rearing.

In other words, Afghanistan.

[WhiskeyX]

See the archaeologist’s video presentation and his story explaining the reasons for the proposed identification of the city as Sodom and the sexual practices of its Minoan style culture.

Dr. Steve Collins | Discovering Sodom & Gomorrah - Wingmen 4.24.15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svG2-uZEZjk

Also see:
Has the city of Sodom been found? Archaeologist believes so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6sWVOnqkGo

The Search for Sodom & Gomorrah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4Ui_MbDzMQ

researchers have finally found the ruins of the Biblical city of Sodom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPWKc1KDQok

[WhiskeyX]

“Yellowstone supereruption.”

The authors of a research paper are not yet ready to publish their paper, but hints so far indicate they will be presenting their evidence of a catastrophic “heat event” caused by an astronomical impactor, such as a comet or small asteroid that mostly burned up when impacting the Earth’s atmosphere above the Jordan Valley and the sin cities. Such an event is capable of compressing the atmosphere with the impact wave to crush the landscape below the point of impact in the above atmosphere and raise the air temperatures to hundreds or thousands of degrees Fahrenheit in the explosive flash.

Speculatively, the flash of light that blinded the wicked outside Lot’s doorway could have been the atmospheric impact of a meteor preceding the later main impact, and the final rain of destruction could have been the main swarm of objects in a comet or small asteroid disintegrating upon impact in the atmosphere above the Jordan Valley.

[imardmd1]

wow

[Bigg Red]

Spot on.
(But I think you mean “syncretic”.)

[imardmd1]

I guess you think you need to find a four-dimnsional explanation to a supernatural event that is above it.

I can appreciate your concern. Now, explain how The Being Who Is, Was, and Is To Come fashioned sinless human flesh out of "the dust" (עפר ‛âphâr) of the "ground" (אדמה 'ădâmâh) and breathed automotivation, soul, and spirit transferrable in the DNA of it.

Much more humbling than merely calling forth space, time, and mass/energy ex nihilo.

[WhiskeyX]

“I guess you think” I’m responsible for the articles being written by other people. If so, you are barking up the wrong tree. This is all information in the news, FWIW or not, as you please. The Universe is as it was created, and you can argue ad infinitum about the Creator and the Creation. I have no doubt you can find an endless supply of those who will, and those who will observe the existence of the supernatural does no necessarily exclude the occurrence of the natural events.