Steven Collins: Discovering the City of Sodom

Socrates in the City

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🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

The stunning details of the discovery of biblical Sodom, including the moment archeologist Dr. Steven Collins first kneeled at the site to finding Trinitite-like glass to unearthing the gates where Lot sat, is full of dramatic twists and turns.

This interview took place at Socrates in the City in Fort Worth, Texas, October 12th, 2023.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the first edition of Socrates in the Stockyards.
0:05.0	Can I say that? Yeah. Oh yeah.
0:08.0	Thank you. You've been a great audience. Good night.
0:11.0	Actually, we have done Socrates in Fort Worth several times before.
0:18.0	But the weird thing is that last year, when we did the Socrates and the city event in Houston it was scheduled on October 12th
0:26.6	which just happens it happened last year to be my wedding anniversary yes yes it's a bummer it's a bummer that on my wedding, I got to work on my wedding anniversary. What's that all about? But this year, and this is really freaky, this has to be God, because we think of the odds, right? But this year, October 12th, which is today, is also our wedding anniversary. It's like when you do the math, that's just crazy.
0:57.0	But I do want to say to my lovely wife,
1:00.0	Happy Anniversary, baby.
1:03.0	27 years.
1:06.0	They say the first 27 years are the toughest, because it's been hell hasn't it it's been
1:13.8	hell but they say the first 27 years is the toughest so from here on in it's like smooth sailing
1:19.8	honey it's going to be it's going to be at least in my mind it's going to be it's going to be perfect
1:24.7	okay so a couple of things before we begin.
1:29.7	First of all, so this is the Fort Worth Club, and we're thrilled to be here back at the Fort Worth Club.
1:37.0	I forgot that the Fort Worth Club has an affiliation with Will Rogers.
1:41.3	Some of you are old enough to get that reference. The American comedian,
1:47.5	humorist Will Rogers, right? But he hung out at this club. This was his club. We did an event in
1:53.8	Seattle at the Arctic Club, and Sophie Tucker was hanging out at that club. A little different
1:59.8	from Will Rogers, but both comedians, both people that I value.
2:03.3	And if you don't, I don't care.
2:04.7	I just want to mention that.
2:06.3	My guest tonight, the reason I wrote my book is Atheism Dead, and there are copies of it.
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