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Archaeologist Believes Remains of Sodom’s Fiery Destruction Have Been Found
Christian News Network ^ | 10/5/2015 | Garrett Haley

Posted on 10/07/2015 4:56:32 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – An experienced archaeologist who has spent a decade searching for the ancient ruins of Sodom is now confident that his team has located the ill-fated biblical city and evidence of its sudden destruction. Dr. Steven Collins is a distinguished professor of Archaeology at Trinity Southwest University in Albuquerque and is also dean of the school’s College of Archaeology & Biblical History. In addition to writing dozens of scholarly books and journal articles, Collins frequently visits the Middle East, where he participates in ongoing archaeological research.

Since 2005, Collins has led excavations in the southern Jordan Valley in an attempt to find Sodom—the ancient city that was destroyed by God because of its sinful inhabitants, according to Genesis 19. Collins says he began his research by “analyzing the Biblical text regarding the location of Sodom.” His investigation led him to conclude that one site in particular fit well within the biblical criteria. The site is named Tall el-Hammam, and it located in the southern Jordan River Valley, nine miles northeast of the Dead Sea.

“Tall el-Hammam seemed to match every Sodom criterion demanded by the text,” he said, according to a 2013 report in “Popular Archaeology.” “Theorizing, on the basis of the Sodom texts, that Sodom was the largest of the Kikkar (the Jordan ‘Disk,’ or ‘well-watered plain’ in the biblical text) cities east of the Jordan, I concluded that if one wanted to find Sodom, then one should look for the largest city on the eastern Kikkar that existed during the Middle Bronze Age, the time of Abraham and Lot..."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
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To: editor-surveyor

Why were those people condemned for “going after strange flesh” as “did the angels”?


41 posted on 10/07/2015 6:33:18 PM PDT by odawg
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To: odawg
1/3 of the angels are fallen.

They were going the pre Noah days route again. Trying to and succeeding with merging with our genetics. Nephilim! Fallen ones. Earth born. Gia Gantes.

They're back. Just not quite out of their closets yet.

42 posted on 10/07/2015 6:55:21 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

“However, the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him. And the LORD said, “I will remove Judah also from My sight, as I have removed Israel. And I will cast off Jerusalem, this city which I have chosen, and the temple (house) of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’”

“Surely at the command (mouth) of the LORD it came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; AND THE LORD WOULD NOT FORGIVE.” (All caps mine) 2 Kings 23: 26 & 27 and 24: 3 & 4

They were warned in Leviticus 20


43 posted on 10/07/2015 7:10:36 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: rawcatslyentist

“They’re back. Just not quite out of their closets yet.”

If you’re speaking of modern times, any speculation on how they’d be identifiable?


44 posted on 10/07/2015 7:32:07 PM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: rawcatslyentist

When she turned away, she went back to the city.

You’re struggling with the sloppy translation is all.
The result of most chemical reactions is some kind of “salt.”


45 posted on 10/07/2015 9:01:41 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

Women—they always gotta get bring all their stuff, sheesh. Drives me nuts.


46 posted on 10/07/2015 9:08:08 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: Carthego delenda est

Look at all the alien influence in the media. The V series a few years back. We have been warned not to believe “The Lie”. They are so far advanced tech wise we will become a modern day John From cult, and the masses will never know it.


47 posted on 10/08/2015 5:27:40 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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To: editor-surveyor
"Are comets made of sulfur?"

Could be some have a lot of sulfur in them.

"Oxygen and sulfur are the third and tenth most abundant elements in the solar system. The isotope ratios of these elements are different whether found on Earth or a meteorite.

48 posted on 10/08/2015 6:13:49 AM PDT by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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To: jpsb

Enough nonsense!

All of the comets are of Earth origin.

They were ejected during the Genesis 6 events. Kepler’s theorem proves that this has to e true, since they are co-planar with only the Earth and the sun, not the other planets.

They are mostly water and silicon dioxide, but do contain trace amounts of other elements.

No comet could have rained fire on those cities.


49 posted on 10/08/2015 12:54:25 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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Note: this topic is from 10/07/2015 and it is one of many.

50 posted on 03/02/2016 12:37:49 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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51 posted on 03/02/2016 12:37:52 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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52 posted on 03/02/2016 12:38:59 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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