Scientific Errors in the Quran: Difference between revisions

I have added a section to 'Sociology' on the people of Lut being the first homosexuals, linking the main article which dives much deeper into this (and lists the evidence that homosexuality occurs naturally in all populations) - hopefully giving that page more traffic too!
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(→‎Meteors as stars fired at devils: I have added in a further relevant quran verse to the 'stars as meteors to throw at devils' section, as well as a relevant hadith)
(I have added a section to 'Sociology' on the people of Lut being the first homosexuals, linking the main article which dives much deeper into this (and lists the evidence that homosexuality occurs naturally in all populations) - hopefully giving that page more traffic too!)
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{{Quote|{{Quran|43|3}}|
{{Quote|{{Quran|43|3}}|
We have made it a Qur'an in Arabic, that ye may be able to understand (and learn wisdom). }}
We have made it a Qur'an in Arabic, that ye may be able to understand (and learn wisdom). }}
=== The people of Sodom as the first homosexuals ===
''Main article:'' [[Lut]]
Despite the overwhelming evidence (listed in the main article) that homosexuality occurs naturally in all populations, the Quran claims the first people to commit the act were in a town visited by Lut.
This is set far beyond the first humans (which appeared ~300,000 years ago),<ref>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/essential-timeline-understanding-evolution-homo-sapiens-180976807/</ref> with the town described in the story being too advanced for a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter-gatherer hunter-gatherer] tribe society, so at the earliest is set after the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic_Revolution Agricultural Revolution] in the following [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic Neolithic] period where these kind of settlements began to occur. Yet we are told:
{{Quote|{{Quran|29|28}}|And (remember) Lut: behold, he said to his people: "Ye do commit lewdness, such as no people in Creation (ever) committed before you.}}


==Miracles and myths==
==Miracles and myths==
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