Sodom and Gomorrah? Evidence That a Cosmic Impact Destroyed

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Sodom and Gomorrah? Evidence That a Cosmic Impact Destroyed Sept 28, 2021 6:52:24 GMT

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Post by papamihel on Sept 28, 2021 6:52:24 GMT

Researchers have discovered 3,600-year-old evidence that the ancient city of Tall el-Hammam was destroyed by a 'cosmic airburst,' which may have inspired the Biblical story of destruction of Sodom, according to a new study.

www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10010361/Researchers-3-600-year-old-evidence-Tall-el-Hammam-destroyed-cosmic-airburst.html
scitechdaily.com/sodom-and-gomorrah-evidence-that-a-cosmic-impact-destroyed-a-biblical-city-in-the-jordan-valley/

The most interesting thing about this discovery that - if true - it somewhat damages the concept of Biblical Minimalism. And that's, let's face it, what most of us believe.

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Sodom and Gomorrah? Evidence That a Cosmic Impact Destroyed Sept 28, 2021 12:02:58 GMT

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Post by Flying Monkeys on Sept 28, 2021 12:02:58 GMT

I've never thought of the bible being a complete work of fiction - I believe plenty of it is based on real events and people. What I don't buy into are the reasons it provides for things happening - that's where it has been embellished for a human purpose, imo.

So this just boils down to 'standard astronomical event' or 'god sent it'. No-one is ever likely to know and the argument hasn't moved a bit.

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Sodom and Gomorrah? Evidence That a Cosmic Impact Destroyed Sept 29, 2021 5:37:03 GMT

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Post by papamihel on Sept 29, 2021 5:37:03 GMT

Flying Monkeys, Well, the prevailing point of view is that all early "Biblical history" was recorded so many centuries after the events supposedly had happened, it could have been nothing but invention of the authors.
We do, of course, have many examples of 1. Oral tradition keeping stories for many generations ("The Iliad") and 2. Basing our entire understanding of an epoch on very few source or just one (Early Chinese history or Ancient Egypt etc). But here we are talking about 1,500 years at least. So if a story\legend can survive that long in a pre-writing society, how much else in the world's mythologies is true?

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Sodom and Gomorrah? Evidence That a Cosmic Impact Destroyed Sept 29, 2021 7:03:43 GMT

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Post by Flying Monkeys on Sept 29, 2021 7:03:43 GMT

Sept 29, 2021 5:37:03 GMT papamihel said:

Flying Monkeys , Well, the prevailing point of view is that all early "Biblical history" was recorded so many centuries after the events supposedly had happened, it could have been nothing but invention of the authors.
We do, of course, have many examples of 1. Oral tradition keeping stories for many generations ("The Iliad") and 2. Basing our entire understanding of an epoch on very few source or just one (Early Chinese history or Ancient Egypt etc). But here we are talking about 1,500 years at least. So if a story\legend can survive that long in a pre-writing society, how much else in the world's mythologies is true?

Some, for sure, but one thing about storytellers is they love to embellish because attention is what they seek, not historical record.

It's the old "based on a true story" caption as the film starts - you know the true story was a lot more boring than what's coming but there's an element of truth in it.

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