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  • From: Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
  • To: Endtimes <endtimes-news-events AT egroups.com>
  • Subject: Scientists 'Uncover' Sodom & Gomorrah's Fiery End
  • Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 08:19:20 -0400


From: <suwomyn26 AT att.net>


(from Zinc)


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Scientists uncover Sodom's fiery end
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How British artist John Martin imagined the cities' end
By the BBC's Andrew Craig

British scientists believe they may have found evidence to support
the Bible's account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

But they think a natural cause, rather than God's anger, lay behind
the calamity.
[ZINC Editor: I chuckled reading this. They don't think the creator
of the universe is in control of natural causes? How little and
arrogant men are. Science "proves" what those with faith have known
all along.]

"Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire
from the Lord out of heaven" - Genesis 19: 24, 25
The Bible describes how the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were
destroyed in a storm of fire and brimstone - a punishment from God
because of their people's depravity.

But now a retired British geologist, Graham Harris, believes he may
have proved that the two cities really existed, and may have
explained why they perished.

Unstable area

Dr Harris thinks Sodom and Gomorrah were built on the shores of the
Dead Sea so that they could trade in naturally-occurring asphalt.

This tarry substance was used in ancient times to waterproof boats
and to hold stones together in buildings.

But the ground next to the Dead Sea is very unstable, lying on the
joint between two of the Earth's tectonic plates which are moving in
opposite directions.

The area is vulnerable to earthquakes.

Flammable methane

Geological and archaeological evidence suggest that a huge one took
place about four and a half thousand years ago - the time of the
Biblical destruction.

Flammable methane pockets lie under the Dead Sea shores; the
earthquake would have ignited them, the ground would have turned to
quicksand, and a massive landslide would have swept the cities into
the water.

Experiments carried out at Cambridge University have backed up this
account.

But more conclusive evidence is still needed; not unless the remains
of Sodom and Gomorrah are found under the Dead Sea's salty waters
will the theory be proved.


[Moderator's Note: I watched a documentary about six months ago on The Learning Channel (TLC) or Discovery, a series called 'Mysteries of the Bible: Sodom and Gomorrah', which I taped. A group of reasearchers, who have obtained to date the only permit to scuba dive near the Jordanian line in the Dead Sea in search of archaeological evidence of S and G, used sonar to detect unnatural formations under the water. What they found is compelling and supports the theory mentioned above - two areas within a kilometer or two of each other that are not naturally occurring underwater salt pillars. Salt has formed over most of what they found, part of which was across the Jordanian line, but the film clearly shows a CUT STONE peeking out in one segment, indicating a building. Research could not be completed because of Jordanian pressure. ~Shosh]




  • Scientists 'Uncover' Sodom & Gomorrah's Fiery End, Shoshanna Walker, 08/24/2001

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