Letter to the Editor: Warning from Sodom and Gomorrah
Remembering my sixth grade elementary class, when the teacher spoke of archaeology, it sparked a sincere interest in me in becoming an archaeologist. As time passed, I became interested instead in horses and "girl things" that exclude getting muddy by digging in dirt. Recently, however, I came across a few articles that prove what is in the Bible.
According to one article, the famous marine underwater archaeologist Robert Ballard, discoverer of the Titanic shipwreck, became interested in the Biblical flood. So with his underwater equipment in Turkey at the Black Sea, 400 feet below the surface of the water, he found evidence of a catastrophic event - a shoreline with shells that were carbon dated to about 5000 B.C., around the time of Noah's flood. The remains of pottery and man-made structures were found. The article stated that the archeologist "thinks he has found proof that the Biblical flood was actually based on real events."
There have been other archaeological finds at the site of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, located in the lower Jordan Valley, which the Bible reports were destroyed by "brimstone (sulfur) and fire" because of their wickedness. According to the Comet Research Group, heating experiments at the site found evidence of temperatures exceeding 3,000 degrees: concentrations of burned bones, melted pottery, diamond-like carbon, melted platinum, gold, silver, etc. Dr. Allen West of CRG said "human bones had been splattered by molten glass from the event. The glass was indistinguishable from that found at ground zero after atomic explosions. These people were killed by the heat and pressure of an atomic-like explosion, but without the radiation."
There have been many other finds proving the Bible, including the fallen walls of Jericho, King David's palace, the Pools of Bethesda and Siloam, where Jesus performed miracles of healing. All of these real archaeological findings prove the history of the Bible, and help us to believe the Good Book in this day and age!
Renee Christopher-McPheeters
Lecanto
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ReplyDeleteExcellent, I'll copy and print, put with my notes. I've read bitumin has been found in that area, is that correct?
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