The Shroud Of Turin

[kensei]

Sara, I don't think you should apologize for offending people who disagree with you, any more than they should apologize to you. It should be a respectful debate. Personally, in spite of a rather convincing theory I heard that made the shroud out to be a contracted hoax by Leonardo Da Vinci, I think I tend to fall on your side that it is probably the real thing, the physical residue of a miracle. Passionate doubters of such a thing were inevitable.

[SaraCarter33]

I believe that the shroud is 100% accurate i do not believe nor do i buy into the scientist's claim in it being a fake. I also disagree with the carbon 14 dating, those who ran those tests should have known that the shroud of turin had some damage done to it in some fire sometime in the 1500's.




i am a firm believer that it is the real thing i just don't believe those who call it fake and i will always believe that it is real. plus the scientific experts who did the test on it in 1988 cut off a clean part of it and tested it i don't agree with their results at all.


i did not mean to offend anybody and apologize if i did so.

@kensi i agree with you.

[kensei]

The maddening thing about the Shroud of Turin is that "scientific experts" with equal qualifications on both sides of the fence have done studies of it both "proving" that it's real and "proving" that it's fake. How can a layman possibly decide who to side with? It truly seems to come down to faith.

[The Good Michael]

The last book I read indicates that there was some dna of pollen found only in plants in the Middle East, that are now extinct (I believe), uncovered in the most recent testing. It is another matter of wanting to believe rather than having real evidence for believing in its antiquity. We could throw in the reliquary of James in here too.

Mike

[Adam Went]

I thought there had been some tests done, with the result being that dreaded word: Inconclusive.

It's the sort of thing you'd like to believe to be real, but there has to be some serious question marks over it. Although it has been shown that the Codex Gigas ("Devil's Bible") really was written by one person, and that Robin Hood was a real person....so who knows, anything is possible really!

Cheers,
Adam.

[belinda]

Faaaaake

No provenence before 1200s

[Kaz]

Would be interested to see if theres further tests.

Chances are they've already been done and its been proven not to be Christ's shroud.

[SaraCarter33]

Does anybody here take a interest in the shroud of turin?



And what are your views and opinions on it?