Speed of light can slow down around massive objects?

[SamSneed]

The speed of light is 299,792,458 metres per second,

Let's assume the distance between Point A and Point B is 299,792,458 meters away.

Let's assume two scenarios happen.

One: Light leaving Point A travels in a straight line WITHOUT encountering a massive object. It should arrive at Point B in 1 second correct?

Two: Light leaving Point A travels in a straight line BUT encounters a massive object. It should arrive at Point B in >1 second correct?

My question is this. Did scenario two slow down?

Let me offer this theory. Light that bends warps spacetime. I believe both scenarios would arrive at Point B at the exact same time. Why? Because when light bends its warps spacetime to catch up. Let me take this further. I believe this can bridge the gap between Quantum Mechanics and Relativity. I believe light also warps spacetime at the micro level like it does the macro level. We know light bends around massive objects. If it bends then why doesn't it shoot off into a different direction? Put it like this, If I'm traveling down a road at 80 MPH and encounter a bend in the road, then inertia would tend to throw me off the road UNLESS I reduce my speed OR another force counteracts inertia for me. If you look at a lunar eclipse, it still shines even though its in our shadow. That lets me know light tends to resume its original course even though it was bent around the Earth.

I'm not a bible thumper but...

The Creation

1. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light

 

I think light is the key to bridging the very small and the very large in this universe.

 

 

[swansont]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapiro_delay