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日期: Sun Sep  2 19:54:20 2001
標題: 科學家解開所多瑪滅亡之謎，與聖經相符！


科學家解開所多瑪與蛾摩拉毀滅原因，與聖經相符！
 
 
 註：所多瑪城和蛾摩拉城在聖經裡是兩個淫亂的城市，同性戀、亂倫等現象很盛行，也是今日許多考古學家的興趣話題
  
Scientists uncover Sodom's fiery end(科學家發現所多瑪毀於烈火)

How British artist John Martin imagined the cities' end

By the BBC's Andrew Craig 

British scientists believe they may have found evidence to support the 
Bible's account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.英國科學家發現証據，支持聖經中有關所多瑪與蛾摩拉毀滅的經過。 


But they think a natural cause, rather than God's anger, lay behind the 
calamity. 

Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire 
from the Lord out of heaven（創世紀十九章２４，２５）
 
The Bible describes how the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed in a storm of fire and brimstone - a punishment from God because of their people's 
depravity. 


But now a retired British geologist, Graham Harris, believes he may have 
proved that the two cities really existed, and may have explained why they 
perished. 
Unstable area 


Dr Harris thinks Sodom and Gomorrah were built on the shores of the Dead Sea 
so that they could trade in naturally-occurring asphalt.哈里斯博士認為所多瑪與蛾摩拉建造於死海岸邊，並且以天然瀝青作成。 

This tarry substance was used in ancient times to waterproof boats and to 
hold stones together in buildings. 

But the ground next to the Dead Sea is very unstable, lying on the joint 
between two of the Earth's tectonic plates which are moving in opposite 
directions.死海岸邊的地層非常不穩定。 

The area is vulnerable to earthquakes. 

Flammable methane 

Geological and archaeological evidence suggest that a huge one took place 
about four and a half thousand years ago - the time of the Biblical 
destruction.地質與考古學的証據顯示，在四千五百年前這裡曾發生一個非常大的地震，與聖經記載相符。 

Flammable methane pockets lie under the Dead Sea shores; the earthquake would 
have ignited them, the ground would have turned to quicksand, and a massive 
landslide would have swept the cities into the water.地震點燃了死海岸地下的甲烷，地層變成流砂般，一個巨大的崩滑把這兩個城市傾入海中。 

Experiments carried out at Cambridge University have backed up this account.在劍橋大學的實驗結果支持這個過程。 


But more conclusive evidence is still needed; not unless the remains of Sodom 
and Gomorrah are found under the Dead Sea's salty waters will the theory be 
proved. 

補述：科學家們以「自然災害」的眼光看這個事件，未以「上帝的審判」為思路方向。但其所描述的情形，與聖經記載頗多類似，也再次證明了聖經的考靠性。
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