A well-known Catholic theologian says new archaeological evidence of a meteor explosion long ago in Jordan aligns with the biblical description of Sodom and Gomorrah and that the location likely is the site of the ancient event of Scripture.
John Bergsma, professor of theology at Franciscan University in Ohio and the author of numerous books, says in a new episode of Pints With Aquinas that he is convinced archaeologist Steven Collins has found the site of Sodom. Collins is the dean of the College of Archaeology at Trinity Southwest University.
The Jerusalem Post this week ran a story about Bergsman’s thoughts on the subject under the headline “Biblical sin city Sodom destroyed by asteroid stronger than nuke — expert.”
Bergsma and Collins believe that the asteroid — technically, a meteor in astronomical terms — was used by God to destroy Sodom.
“The providence is in the timing. … These things are in the hands of God,” Bergsma said.
The evidence within the layers of dirt implies that the city was destroyed by heat, he added. The archaeological evidence, he said, “really changed my perspective on the Old Testament.”
“When a meteor comes into the atmosphere, it heats up and then explodes, and it can be like
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