So according to this article, it appears that scientists have found evidence of the type of biblical destruction that happened to Sodom. They say they found a town that was destroyed by a blast of heat so hot that it pretty much melted everything. They say that there's no earthly natural heat source that could do this, so they speculate that it must have been an asteroid that exploded over the town, melting everything. Oh, and they speculate that the reason no one lived there afterward was that the asteroid impact might have brought over so much salt from the nearby Dead Sea that nothing could grow. This, they say, must be what inspired people to make up the story of Sodom in the Bible.
But I say that here's your "asteroid," scientists:
"The Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah - from the Lord out of the heavens. Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, including all those living in the cities - and also the vegetation in the land." (Genesis 19:24-25)
And here's your salt:
"But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt." (Genesis 19:26)
"The whole land will be a burning waste of salt and sulfur - nothing planted, nothing sprouting, no vegetation growing on it. It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in fierce anger." (Deuteronomy 29:23)
The Bible literally provides the answer that the scientists can't figure out, but instead of accepting it, they make up their own explanation and then say that the Bible story was inspired by that.
Though they have eyes, they will not see.
Though they have ears, they will not hear.
