Dr. Dylan Johnson

Right. And I think that's actually exactly in some of the Ezekiel texts is that he's not fixating on specific sins, much less a specific sexual sin of Sodom, but he's labeling them as excessive and decadent and exactly the same parameters. Because again, he's trying to justify and explain these calamities. Why do these things happen?

Because otherwise, the world's a very scary place and randomness is not a good thing, right? You want cause and effect rather than four strange Eastern empires coming and capriciously destroying your cities and you have no control over.

Because otherwise, the world's a very scary place and randomness is not a good thing, right? You want cause and effect rather than four strange Eastern empires coming and capriciously destroying your cities and you have no control over.

Because otherwise, the world's a very scary place and randomness is not a good thing, right? You want cause and effect rather than four strange Eastern empires coming and capriciously destroying your cities and you have no control over.

So I think what we see across these cultures then is justification, but also maybe a bit of catharsis that if we just avoid those things, we won't be the Persians, we won't be the Greeks, we won't be the...

So I think what we see across these cultures then is justification, but also maybe a bit of catharsis that if we just avoid those things, we won't be the Persians, we won't be the Greeks, we won't be the...

So I think what we see across these cultures then is justification, but also maybe a bit of catharsis that if we just avoid those things, we won't be the Persians, we won't be the Greeks, we won't be the...

I think there's a certain level of familiarity with the terms, obviously. Sodomites and stuff like that. Sodomites and just a cultural awareness of it. So that already kind of sparks the interest. If you know about something or you think you know about something, you're going to have that interest. So they're well known. The next thing is they're lost. They're not to be found anymore.

I think there's a certain level of familiarity with the terms, obviously. Sodomites and stuff like that. Sodomites and just a cultural awareness of it. So that already kind of sparks the interest. If you know about something or you think you know about something, you're going to have that interest. So they're well known. The next thing is they're lost. They're not to be found anymore.

I think there's a certain level of familiarity with the terms, obviously. Sodomites and stuff like that. Sodomites and just a cultural awareness of it. So that already kind of sparks the interest. If you know about something or you think you know about something, you're going to have that interest. So they're well known. The next thing is they're lost. They're not to be found anymore.

They're Atlantis, right? So that's appealing. It's not just Rome was destroyed. Rome was destroyed, but you can still go to Rome and see it, right? I think it was the same appeal with Troy, right? We need to find these lost civilizations, which is why there's so much media And everyone's always disappointed when you do find it, right? We find Troy and it's, oh, it's an ancient Anatolian culture.

They're Atlantis, right? So that's appealing. It's not just Rome was destroyed. Rome was destroyed, but you can still go to Rome and see it, right? I think it was the same appeal with Troy, right? We need to find these lost civilizations, which is why there's so much media And everyone's always disappointed when you do find it, right? We find Troy and it's, oh, it's an ancient Anatolian culture.

They're Atlantis, right? So that's appealing. It's not just Rome was destroyed. Rome was destroyed, but you can still go to Rome and see it, right? I think it was the same appeal with Troy, right? We need to find these lost civilizations, which is why there's so much media And everyone's always disappointed when you do find it, right? We find Troy and it's, oh, it's an ancient Anatolian culture.

How disappointing, right? And of course, the same would be for Sodom and Gomorrah. But I think so long as we don't have these places, we aren't able to pinpoint them on a map. There's kind of a sense of adventure and discovery that could still be there. And so Sodom and Gomorrah offer that. The biblical connections, obviously, are going to speak to people of faith.

How disappointing, right? And of course, the same would be for Sodom and Gomorrah. But I think so long as we don't have these places, we aren't able to pinpoint them on a map. There's kind of a sense of adventure and discovery that could still be there. And so Sodom and Gomorrah offer that. The biblical connections, obviously, are going to speak to people of faith.

How disappointing, right? And of course, the same would be for Sodom and Gomorrah. But I think so long as we don't have these places, we aren't able to pinpoint them on a map. There's kind of a sense of adventure and discovery that could still be there. And so Sodom and Gomorrah offer that. The biblical connections, obviously, are going to speak to people of faith.

By finding these cities, reinforcing the concrete dynamics of their belief systems. So anything with the Bible always has that really important and heavy component. So I think that's probably the dynamics. And then again, there's always the personal connections, which I can't really account for. But I think that's enough to explain why it pulled so well.

By finding these cities, reinforcing the concrete dynamics of their belief systems. So anything with the Bible always has that really important and heavy component. So I think that's probably the dynamics. And then again, there's always the personal connections, which I can't really account for. But I think that's enough to explain why it pulled so well.

By finding these cities, reinforcing the concrete dynamics of their belief systems. So anything with the Bible always has that really important and heavy component. So I think that's probably the dynamics. And then again, there's always the personal connections, which I can't really account for. But I think that's enough to explain why it pulled so well.

Thanks. It was a blast.