A giant space rock may have destroyed ancient “Sodom”

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A giant space rock may have destroyed ancient “Sodom” Sept 21, 2021 12:56:10 GMT paulslaugh likes this

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Post by Winter_King on Sept 21, 2021 12:56:10 GMT

I had heard about this before when it's was mere suggestion.

We had the Tungunska incident in 1908 and the Chelyabinsk meteor in 2013 and if either of those had happened directly over a populated area, the damage would've been catastrophic. We really to invest more in asteroid avoidance.

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Catman Exalted Member Koalas are that rare mix of cuter than a kitten and meaner than a junkyard dog. @catman56 Posts: 64,868 Likes: 45,038	A giant space rock may have destroyed ancient “Sodom” Sept 21, 2021 13:23:42 GMT paulslaugh likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Catman on Sept 21, 2021 13:23:42 GMT Sort of like the plot for Your Name where the town of Itomori is destroy by a comet fragment.
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mikef6 Elite Member @mikef6 Posts: 11,288 Likes: 15,247	A giant space rock may have destroyed ancient “Sodom” Sept 22, 2021 4:40:51 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mikef6 on Sept 22, 2021 4:40:51 GMT Or not. Or, it could be an ancient tale made up to scare people and get them in line. A fable with a moral. To me, that is the most reasonable explanation.
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A giant space rock may have destroyed ancient “Sodom” Sept 23, 2021 21:43:48 GMT politicidal and paulslaugh like this

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Post by Rodney Farber on Sept 23, 2021 21:43:48 GMT

The middle-east was the center of civilization. Unlike Tungunska, which is in the middle of nowhere, an explosion that large would have been recorded

yougotastewgoinbaby Senior Member @yougotastewgoinbaby Posts: 5,781 Likes: 4,760	A giant space rock may have destroyed ancient “Sodom” Sept 24, 2021 18:45:26 GMT via mobile paulslaugh likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by yougotastewgoinbaby on Sept 24, 2021 18:45:26 GMT More like giant space ‘cock’, amirite? Because the city was called ‘Sodom’? I’m sorry.
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A giant space rock may have destroyed ancient “Sodom” Sept 24, 2021 21:14:45 GMT politicidal, rachelcarson1953, and 1 more like this

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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2021 21:14:45 GMT

This is fascinating. I really love it when ancient myths are explained by actual events like this. It’s similar to how Noah’s Arc was almost certainly inspired by actual floods and the collective fear of natural disaster. And how Atlantis may be an amalgam of real cities that were destroyed by volcanic eruption, tsunamis or erosion.