Did The Mercedes-Benz Create Itself? #ATHEISTLOGIC

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25 May 2014

Evolution

Not named

This animated video presents a variety of Intelligent Design ideas, starting with the idea that a car doesn’t design itself, so humans didn’t either.  The only mention of Islam is at the very end, where a verse of the Qurʾān is quoted, 52:35-36 (mins 2:26-2:34), although the image darkens before the verse citation is complete.

The voice-over of the animation (the narrator is not named) allows us to also understand this as a spoken-word poem.  Quest Media Productions seems to be the originator of the videos, although Atef Elmohandis has asserted being the writer and producer.   The hashtag “#atheistlogic” is used on several videos that present Intelligent Design from a Muslim perspective.

Evaluation:

The one clear reference to Islam, the use of 52:35-36 from the Qurʾān, seems to have had some dramatic license taken with the translation.  It is not included in the voiced part of the video.

There are a variety of sources one might examine to consider a scientific response to the very common Intelligent Design constructions presented here.  For a general discussion of evolution, see Neil Shubin’s 2009 lecture.  For a discussion of Intelligent Design in the United States, see Randy Olson’s A Flock of Dodos (2006).

There is insufficient historical material on which to base an evaluation.