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{{ quote |{{Quran|11|78}}|And his people came unto him, running towards him - and before then they used to commit abominations - He said: O my people! Here are my daughters! They are purer for you. Beware of Allah, and degrade me not in (the person of) my guests. Is there not among you any upright man?}} | {{ quote |{{Quran|11|78}}|And his people came unto him, running towards him - and before then they used to commit abominations - He said: O my people! Here are my daughters! They are purer for you. Beware of Allah, and degrade me not in (the person of) my guests. Is there not among you any upright man?}} | ||
== | ==The Origins and Nature of Homosexuality: Comparison to Modern Scientific Study and Research== | ||
The narrative of the [[Qur'an]] makes a number of objective claims about the origins and nature of homosexuality in human beings. These are however almost wholly unsupported by the findings of modern scientific study into the nature of homosexuality in human males: | |||
===Homosexuality exists in low percentages=== | ===Homosexuality exists in low percentages=== | ||
1. Scientifically it is | 1. Scientifically it is highly unlikely that all the men in Lut's city, Sodom, would be homosexuals, as homosexuality exists only in low percentages, from 2-7%. These numbers are based on many scientific studies: | ||
*''ACSF Investigators (1992). AIDS and sexual behaviour in France. Nature, 360, 407–409'' | *''ACSF Investigators (1992). AIDS and sexual behaviour in France. Nature, 360, 407–409'' | ||
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===First to experience homosexuality=== | ===First to experience homosexuality=== | ||
Although confirmed by multiple Islamic scholars such as Tabari and ibn Kathir, the claim that the People of Lot were the first to experience homosexuality is completely without basis in history or biology. Homosexuality has been recorded in ancient cultures far before the time of Lot and Abraham (1948–2123 BC). For example the ancient Egyptians who existed 6000 years before Christ knew of the practice, as did Chinese and Indian cultures back to 7000 BCE. There are many recorded tales which portray homosexuality in the literature of these civilizations, such as the story between Seth and Horus. It is also known from biology that human male homosexuality, and to a lesser degree female homosexuality, will occur in any large enough population, so again this claim is completely without merit. | |||
==Analysis of the Story== | |||
===Lut's wife was complicit with his people=== | |||
Lut's wife is accused by the Qur'an of complicity in the sin of his people. In the tafsir of ibn Kathir it is written: | |||
===Killing the people of Lot=== | ===Killing the people of Lot=== | ||