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Barrie Schwartz on the Shroud of Turin

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1. ” we do know it is at least twice as old as the now discredited carbon 14 date.”

   And how do we know it is “at least twice as old”? Only dating methods can do that.

   “deny that the shroud is authentic requires a leap of faith.”

   It doesn’t take a leap of faith to realize that it is just a piece of cloth with attached legends. It can never be linked to any specific person any more than it can be proven that the other relics of the Catholic Church – the holy prepuce, Jesus baby teeth and umbilical cord, his baby blanket or the vials of Mary’s milk are authentic. Consider as well that the Romans conducted crucifixions over a period of 700 years with, at times, a thousand victims at a time. Some or most of them would also had shrouds.

   

   Lora Singer

   March 30, 2009 at 3:37 am

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2. wall street journal article friday, april 10 cited aging analysis by “accelerator mass spectrometry.”
   of course, the age of the shroud was shown to be 1200 yrs out of synch.
   i am always frustrated by media types who will keep trying to find a way to disprove the obvious qualities of the shroud.
   our aging techniques are rather irrelevant.
   there is a picture of a man on an ancient linen who perfectly bears witness to the scourging and crucifiction. the image defies our attempts to explain it.
   it is a miracle.
   bill hart

   

   william hart

   April 13, 2009 at 9:57 pm

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