RE: Speed of light in Quran?

2005-11-18 Thread Max Jasper
Qur'an 32:5 testifies to the progressive revelation of God to mankind through His Manifestations Who appear nearly once every 1000 years. | |http://www.geocities.com/speed_of_light_quran/ | |http://www.speed-light.info/angels_speed_of_light.htm | |http://www.islamicity.com/Science/960703A.SHTML |

Re: Speed of light in Quran?

2005-11-18 Thread M Chase
A quick calculation suggests that the magnitude is very consistent with the speed of light, but the resulting units make no sense at all, suggesting that it may only be a coincidence. Diameter of the earth = 7926//2 = 3963 miles radius Diameter of the moon = 2260/2 = 1130 miles radius Distance

RE: Speed of light in Quran?

2005-11-18 Thread Susan Maneck
I forwarded this post to my son, Neil, who loves physics. This was his response: *laughs*. And God loses points for mathematically accuracy. Even if you do the calculation as they spell it out, it's still off by a little more than 60 million meters per second. (which isn't as much as it sounds,

Re: Speed of light in Quran?

2005-11-18 Thread M Chase
It was a quick calculation for fun; I am glad he enjoyed it. Obviously, this doesn't make sense, which is what I showed. By the way, I pointed out the speed as 300,000 km/sec, which is equivalent to 300 million meters per second and distance and speed are related by the lunar month of 27.3

Re: Speed of light in Quran?

2005-11-18 Thread Gilberto Simpson
On 11/18/05, M Chase [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A quick calculation suggests that the magnitude is very consistent with the speed of light, but the resulting units make no sense at all, suggesting that it may only be a coincidence. It's not so much that they don't make sense. It's more a matter