The atomic number of molybdenum. The element following molybdenum with atomic number 43 (technetium) has no stable isotopes. The number of teeth wolves and dogs (canines) have. 42° is the critical angle of refraction by water - it is the angle between a rainbow and the antisolar point. The light leaving a rainbow is spread over a wide angle, with a maximum intensity around 42° The number of minutes it would take a theoretical "gravity train" to travel to any point on earth. In one Grand Unified Theory, the Georgi-Glashow model, the inverse of the coupling constant is approximately 42. 10! (10 factorial) seconds is exactly 42 days. On page 7-10 of Volume 1 of "The Feynmann Lectures on Physics" is a marginal figure that illustrates the strength ratio of gravitation attraction and electrical repulsion between two electrons as 1/4.17 x 10^42. The denominator is also written out by hand as a long, snaking 4,170,... followed by 39 more zeros. Feymann mentions the unified field theory, the similarity of the inverse square laws, the disparity of the relative strengths, and asks "Where could such a large number come from? ... it involves something deep in nature."
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Zul-Qarnain - What is the argument?I have never claimed that Zul-Qarnain *is* the historical Alexander the Great. I don't know why your move to agree with me in this is considered a rebuttal... The argument is then that the Qur'anic story is clearly taken from the legends about Alexander. There are many many details of the Qur'an account which are nearly verbatim to be found in the Alexander legends. Conclusion: Zul-Qarnain clearly is the Alexander the Great of the legend stories. And because the Qur'an presents the material from the legends as if this were history, it shows that Muhammad could not distinguish between legends and history when he incorporated this material in the Qur'an. This is evidence that the Qur'an is not of divine origin.
by Jochen Katz