{"id":7766,"date":"2023-09-19T10:17:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T14:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/?p=7766"},"modified":"2023-09-19T11:15:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T15:15:57","slug":"expert-claims-biblical-city-of-sodom-was-destroyed-by-an-atomic-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2023\/09\/expert-claims-biblical-city-of-sodom-was-destroyed-by-an-atomic-blast.html","title":{"rendered":"Expert Claims Biblical City of Sodom Was Destroyed by an Atomic Blast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A theologian claims archaeological finds in Jordan prove the biblical city of Sodom existed. Scientists previously found evidence that the ancient city of Tall el-Hammam in the southern Jordan Valley was destroyed in a disastrous event. Dr. John Bergsma, a professor of Theology at Ohio\u2019s Franciscan University, suggests such an event echoes what\u2019s in the Bible.<\/p>\n

According to Genesis, God rained fire and sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah<\/a> for their \u201cwickedness,\u201d completely obliterating them. Examples of such devastation were seen in Tall el-Hammam, and what was found completely changed Dr. Bergsma\u2019s viewpoint on the Old Testament. He recalled evidence of extreme heating on skeletons and fragments of pottery found by the archaeologists, which could have been proof of a direct hit from an asteroid.<\/p>\n

About 3,600 years ago, the city of Tall el-Hammam<\/a> was thriving, significantly more prominent and influential than Jericho or Jerusalem. But almost overnight, it was gone. The absence of arrowheads or other signs of a siege in the ruins suggested that whatever destroyed Tall el-Hammam and its neighbor wasn\u2019t a military attack. Steven Collins, the principal archaeologist at Tall el-Hammam, told Dr. Bergsma about some of the astonishing findings.<\/p>\n