The Quran and the speed of light – Islamic miracles investigated
7:00
6 Aug 2010
Astronomy, Miracles / Ijaz
TheRationalizer
This vlog (video blog) from The Rationalizer analyzes the “Speed of Light” video for errors. He examines other Qurʾānic material that also mentions the day/years comparison, other scriptures that use the same construction, and for the majority of the video, an analysis of the mathematics used to get the result presented in the original video.
The video he discusses is evaluated on the Portal here.
Evaluation:
The snide presentation here about Islam and/or Muslims is difficult to ignore. The Rationalizer repeatedly suggests that those who developed the original material were willfully deceptive; this would be quite difficult for him to prove.
The problems that The Rationalizer finds with the presentation are reasonable.
There is insufficient historical material on which to base an evaluation.
About TheRationalizer
The Rationalizer is the user name for an anonymous vlogger (videos on YouTube since 2010) who began learning about Islam after he started learning Arabic in the UK. Raised by agnostic and atheist parents, he also attended a school with required Christian assemblies, which provided a grounding in religious beliefs. For a time as an adult he investigated Islam with a view to converting, but the claims for miracles in the Qurʾān (iʿjāz) led him to learn more about science and ancient beliefs, which ultimately led him down the path of becoming an atheist.
He works in the information technology industry as a business analyst and programmer.
To date (May 2015) he has created 25 videos about Islam, generally discussing errors in internet videos, often those associated with iʿjāz. (The ones addressing science and Islam may be found on the Portal using the search feature in the upper right corner of the site.)
In addition to his YouTube account, the Rationalizer is active on social media such as Twitter and the forums at CouncilOfExMuslims.com.