Anyone know a legend about an evil city created by God?

Question

This is a direct quote from the short story "Stability" written by Philip K. Dick: "The legend says that once there was a very evil city, it was so evil that God made it small and shut it up in a glass, and left a watcher of some sort to see that no one came along and released the city by smashing the glass. It is supposed to have been lying for eternity, waiting to escape."

Anyone know if this is a real legend or did Philip K. Dick make it up? Is there a name for it or any other details you could elaborate on? Is it in the bible somewhere?

Answer 1

I think it is made up. I have never heard of it and I even googled it and nothing came up at all on that.

Answer 2

Let's twist the tale a bit. According to Christians, God is responsible for all creations on the world. The evil and condemned cities of Sodom and Gomorrah that God destroys to teach the Hebrews not sin sexually, must, by logical assumption, be God's creation.

However, there is a fly in the ointment. The only person to actually see the destruction of the sexually sinful cities was turned into a pillar of salt by God.

There is no opposing proof that God didn't lift those cities and their inhabitants into the heavens. Therefore, causing but one Hebrew woman to be punished because she was the only person, in or out of those cities, that can proved to have deny Gods orders and intentions via creation.

Answer 3

There is a story in the bible about an "evil" city called Sodom and Gomorah. Don't think it is connected with the story you mentioned though. I think that is a fictional legend.

Sodom and Gomorah in the bible were destroyed. Someone who turned back to look was turned into a pillar of salt.

Answer 4

Within christian or western mythology there are no such stories. I can't be certain about other hindu or other eastern stories though.