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All significant investigation into how the images might have been formed by some perfectly natural means so far suggests that a simple process is all but impossible. Chemical reactions (or stains) caused by contact with the body would produce a grossly distorted image. Gaseous products from a body or funerary spices would seem to produce a diffused image lacking in detail. Radiant energy such as bodily heat lacks essential directional qualities.
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...wow.
http://www.shroud.com/guscin.htm
One clincher in the recent series about the face of Jesus and the shroud- the matching of the shroud to the Sudarium of Oviedo, which I had never heard about
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RE: the 1988 C-14 testing that dates The Shroud to a medieval origin.
Those who claim that the 1988 tests were compromised by bungled “patch-sampling” seem forced to admit that, if the tests results are wrong, and The Shroud is authentic, then it’s held by the technically and scientifically incompetent and isn’t completely safe in their keeping. Third possibility- it’s held by malefactors who know it’s a hoax and intentionally mis-sampled for the 1988 test to keep the controversy alive as long as possible. If this third way turns out to be the truth, then The Shroud still isn’t safe where it currently abides.
So either The Shroud is C-14 medieval, or or authentic and held by nincompoops who couldn’t tell a patch in the cloth from a hole in the ground, or it’s the Turin Cathedral’s hoax and we’re being played for fools. Would that the the rich, hoary, decrepit men-on-robes club that holds the shroud was willing to double down and carefully retest the carbon.
I believe the purpose of the Shroud is to trickle out scientific evidence during these modern times as a tool to reach those who will only believe through technology and science.
As technology progresses, it will become more and more apparent to these modern Thomases that the Shroud is authentic. Then they will have to rethink their doubts about Christ.
I see it as another gift from God, who always considers His children’s needs. He left this as a gift for His children far in the future.
Personally, I wouldn’t be surprised if Mary had not taken possession of the Shroud at first and then given it to Church leaders to protect— and to continue Her son’s work. It makes sense to me that a loving mother would gather up the linens she’d buried her son in, especially if they were soaked in his blood.
As to any kind of hard, factual, evidence....nope.
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Nothing new here whatsoever.....but glad to see more scientists getting onboard.
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Of course.
