Originally posted by Storm
Some modern biblical scholars argue that a sin was attached to the story of Sodom to justify the destruction of the cities, which may be based on an authentic account of a natural cataclysm, possibly an earthquake in the region. The historical existence of Sodom and Gomorrah is still in dispute by archaeologists, with most believing they never existed.
Oh, yes, I was just taking it more literally.
But the Bible, if you believe its true, attributes their destruction to god's wrath...making him quite the terrorist in the biblical sense.