Conference thebay::joyoflex

    Answer to the last bit:
    
    Brimstone is Sulphur (derived from Old English (I think) and meaning 
    			  fire-stone)
    
    Mat.
    *:o)
    

    Re .0 (CLARID):
    
    >... how were the Gomorrahites being naughty (this is a family notes
    >files remember)? 
     
    This is only hinted at, in Gen. 18:20 [And the Lord said, Because
    the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is
    very grevious;], which implies that the two cities shared the same
    practice(s), else it would have been "their sins are."   However,
    the relevant action takes place in Sodom, with Lot and family, so
    Gomorrah gets relatively short shrift.  Besides "Sodomy" is easier
    to say than "Gomorrahy."
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

re:    <<< Note 654.2 by LESCOM::KALLIS "Anger's no replacement for reason." >>>

>    This is only hinted at, in Gen. 18:20 [And the Lord said, Because
>    the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is
>    very grevious;], which implies that the two cities shared the same

	Well, if the Lord can't spell, I think I'd better shut up about the
	rest of you!  At least you don't write on tablets of stone (do
	you?). 

	Delia

    re 1. Thats interesting about the sulphur.
    If archaeologolists know where these cities were
    there should be an excess in the immediate vicinity.
    Is either the case?
    Regards,
    Jeremy

    The term brimstone has also been used for the aroma of ozone, a
    byproduct of lightning strikes.
    
    S'dom on the Dead Sea is a center for asphalt production.  And salt
    refining, I would guess.
    
    						Ann B.

    Re .3 (Delia):
    
>>    very grevious;], which implies that the two cities shared the same
>
>	Well, if the Lord can't spell, I think I'd better shut up about the
>	rest of you!    
 
    Don't blame the Lord for my clumsy fingers; my grievous spelling
    is no reflection on any part of Scriptures, just on my haste.

    Re .4 (Jeremy):
    
    Not necessarily; it might have burned off. Then again ....
    
        
    Re .5 (Ann):
    
    >S'dom on the Dead Sea is a center for asphalt production.  And salt
    >refining, I would guess.
     
    Possibly high-sulphur asphalt. :-)  Salt refining, under the
    circumstances, sounds nearly ... cannibalistic.
    
    Was Lot's wife's lot a lot alone, or was the plot that lot for a
    lot?  ... as it were...
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.  

re: .2

>    Besides "Sodomy" is easier to say than "Gomorrahy."
    
Instead of practicing sodomy, perhaps they were promiscuous and 
spread Gomorrhea.

Clay

    I remember reading some time ago about archeological digs in the
    area where Sodom and Gommorah were supposedly located, that ruins
    of two cities that had sufferred major fire damage were located.
    
    I don't remember the name of the magazine but I know it was something
    in the class of National Geographic; definitely not National Enquirer.
    
    Anyone else remember this?
    
    Roger

    > S'dom on the Dead Sea is a center for asphalt production.  
    
    So now we know the derivation of the word "asphalt".

    re .9
    
    "Asphalt" derives from asphaltos, an old semitic word
    designating the kind of mortar used by the Babylonians.

    Of course, you were hoping that "asphalt" had some link with "phallus", 
    right ? Could have been interesting.
    
     roger    

    	I suspect that it was phonetic association rather than linguistic
    derivation that prompted .9.

    Phonetic indeed.  One of those things that just doesn't translate.
    
    Jeff.

>>< Note 654.10 by YIPPEE::LIRON >
>>    "Asphalt" derives from asphaltos, an old semitic word
>>    designating the kind of mortar used by the Babylonians.


	I always thought that Asphalt was another term for hemmohroids(sp)
or flatulence.....