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Astonishing Discovery at Christ's Tomb Supports Turin Shroud
EWTN Great Britain ^ | 11/26/16 | Deacon Nick Donnelly

Posted on 12/03/2016 9:15:33 AM PST by marshmallow

An astonishing discovery has been made during repair work to the Edicule -- the ancient chamber housing Jesus' tomb in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Scientists have reported extraordinary phemonena that may support the authenticity of the Holy Shroud of Turin.

On October 26, 27 and 28, 2016 a group of scientists and religious authorities oversaw the removal of the marble slab that covers the tomb of Christ. Marie-Armelle Beaulieu, editor-in-chief of Terre Sainte Magazine, reports that some of the measuring instruments used by scientists were altered by electromagnetic disturbances when they were placed directly on the stone in which Christ’s body rested. The scientists reports that their measuring devices either malfunctioned or ceased to work at all. Aleteia reports:

The phenomenon was confirmed by one of the scientists authorized to access the tomb. Later, one of the heads of the building and construction team, Antonia Moropoulou, indicated that it is really hard to imagine that someone would be willing to put in danger his or her reputation just because of a “publicity stunt.” Moreover, the journalist testifies to the scientists’ surprise during the opening of the slab: they hoped that the grave would be much lower than it was. Their conclusion: previously performed analyses with the instruments seemed to have been distorted by an electromagnetic disturbance.

The observation of unusual electromagnetic disturbances at the tomb of Our Lord may support a scientific hypothesis proposed to explain the creation of the mysterious image on the Holy Shroud of Turin. After five years of study and experiments scientists at Italy's National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development [ENEA] concluded that the Shroud of Turin cannot be a 'medieval fake'.


TOPICS: Current Events; History; Religion & Science
KEYWORDS: churchholysepulchre; edicule; jesustomb; shroud; shroudofturin; stoneofanointing; tomb; turin; turinshroud
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To: To Hell With Poverty

Why would they test a newer part of the cloth instead a piece of the oldest part? That doesn’t make sense.


21 posted on 12/03/2016 9:51:15 AM PST by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: marshmallow

BTTT


22 posted on 12/03/2016 9:53:12 AM PST by DrDude (To the Victor go the spoils! Kick A$$ Trump.)
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To: ichabod1

Start reading at Romans 1:20 and read on for awhile.

Pay particular attention to 1:20 - I took that verse to heart - it’s been a good thing to think about for years.


23 posted on 12/03/2016 9:55:01 AM PST by BereanBrain
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To: luvbach1

It doesn’t make any sense if you wanted to carbon-date the Shroud, no.

But that’s what they did.

They carbon-dated a patch left from a (IIRC) 14th Century fire - a fire that also suffused the rest of the Shroud with 14th Century carbon smoke.


24 posted on 12/03/2016 9:55:13 AM PST by agere_contra (I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for You saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.)
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To: BereanBrain

I get it when Christians inevitably make this point on these threads. But the point is, true science really does point to God. It’s evidence of His methods and laws in this material universe. Our faith should not be based on evidence but evidence is certainly exciting to see.

True, those that base their faith on these things will ultimately disappointed - faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. Faith doesn’t come by science...


25 posted on 12/03/2016 9:56:48 AM PST by dubyagee ("I can't complain, but sometimes I still do.")
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To: luvbach1

It was skillfully woven in and wasn’t immediately discerned as newer.


26 posted on 12/03/2016 9:59:03 AM PST by dubyagee ("I can't complain, but sometimes I still do.")
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To: marshmallow

More miracle mongering. Gibbon reports enough pieces of the “true Cross’ were sold so that they would float a fleet of wooden ships.


27 posted on 12/03/2016 10:01:41 AM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: longfellowsmuse

Amen and Amen!


28 posted on 12/03/2016 10:02:44 AM PST by Bigg Red (To Thee, O Lord, I lift my soul. Thank you for saving our Republic.)
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To: dubyagee

Yes, it seems that they (unknowingly) extracted both newer and old fibres at the same time, and the presence of the newer fibres in the sample distorted the results.

A later examination carried out in Padua on an old fibre apparently dates the shroud to between 300 BC and 400 AD.


29 posted on 12/03/2016 10:04:13 AM PST by agere_contra (I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for You saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

The actual number of claimed pieces of the True Cross were meticulously measured by a French scientist.

They summed up (IIRC) to about 2/3 of a cross.


30 posted on 12/03/2016 10:06:02 AM PST by agere_contra (I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for You saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.)
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To: marshmallow

Wonderful news.


31 posted on 12/03/2016 10:07:19 AM PST by Bigg Red (To Thee, O Lord, I lift my soul. Thank you for saving our Republic.)
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To: Salvation

ping


32 posted on 12/03/2016 10:07:43 AM PST by Bigg Red (To Thee, O Lord, I lift my soul. Thank you for saving our Republic.)
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To: luvbach1

The Carbon 14 testing was performed on tiny swatches taken from edges that had been repaired after the shroud was damaged in a fire during Medieval times in Italy. All other data, such as the pollen, blood stains, and the lack of any pigments all point to the image being formed by a massive burst of energy, and the cloth originating in the first century somewhere in the Levantine coastal region (i.e. Judea). Most relics are easily explained and the team of scientists who examined it were confident it would be proved a clever fake. Didn’t happen.


33 posted on 12/03/2016 10:08:26 AM PST by katana
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To: agere_contra

I found the details. The Frenchman was Charles Rohault de Fleury, and the total amount of slivers of cross he measured came to 240 cubic inches.

Nowhere near even 2/3 of a whole cross - I don’t know where I remember that figure from.


34 posted on 12/03/2016 10:11:29 AM PST by agere_contra (I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for You saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.)
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To: luvbach1

The shroud has not been hermetically sealed the whole time.


35 posted on 12/03/2016 10:22:25 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: alexander_busek
I just discovered that my uncle likes to eat corn. The ancient Aztecs also ate corn. I make no claim of proof, mind you, but: This supports my hypothesis that my uncle is, in fact, an ancient Aztec. You see, the new data I have uncovered (about my uncle) is not inconsistent with the established fact (that the Aztecs ate corn).

Uh, huh.... and if one draws the parameters even wider, one can make this look even more ridiculous; e.g. all cats have four legs, all dogs have four legs, therefore this is consistent with the hypothesis that all dogs are cats.

But electromagnetic radiation emission from slabs of rock is not something as ubiquitous as corn or legs on mammals. Neither is it "mysterious-sounding". It's a specific, measurable parameter.

The critical issue here, is the location of the radiation. If it is centered on the stone on which Christ's body is purported to have rested and it is not detected two feet to either side of this stone, or if it diminishes with distance from this stone, that is important and significant information. On the other hand, if the entire tomb or a wider area around it is emitting radiation and there is nothing specific to the burial stone, that would diminish interest in this phenomenon.

Therefore, the current situation can be summarized as follows; scientists have previously postulated that the image on the Shroud of Turin may have been made by emission of electromagnetic radiation. Electromagnetic disturbances are indeed detected on the burial stone (but not on other stones in the vicinty.....).

This, therefore, supports but does not prove the hypothesis regarding the Shroud's origin.

36 posted on 12/03/2016 10:26:46 AM PST by marshmallow
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To: luvbach1
Why would they test a newer part of the cloth instead a piece of the oldest part? That doesn’t make sense.

It would if you wanted the "data" to support your predetermined conclusion, which is apparently the case...

the infowarrior

37 posted on 12/03/2016 10:28:01 AM PST by infowarrior
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To: alexander_busek

How many watts would it take for a space ship to make the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs?


38 posted on 12/03/2016 10:28:24 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy (Ding Dong the Witch is Dead!)
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To: dubyagee

You obviously didn’t read Romans 1:20. Read it and see - We are in agreement and you don’t know it!

My point is, we don’t need special “proof” other than what God has already supplied.

The constant searching for miracles never stops! Read what Jesus said about the demands for a sign.


39 posted on 12/03/2016 10:37:29 AM PST by BereanBrain
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To: marshmallow

http://christian-apologetics-101.blogspot.com/2007/05/supernatural-vs-natural-inquiry-from.html
The argument from miracles. David Hume points out that many different religions have their own miracle stories.
Given that there is no reason to accept some of them but not others (aside from a prejudice in favor of one religion), then we must hold all religions to have been proved true — but given the fact that religions contradict each other, this cannot be the case.
But it’s a kind of a circular argument, isn’t it?

His stronger argument is, if there is a natural explanation for something, over a supernatural explanation, go with Ockham’s razor and accept the explanation that is within our experience. Of course either believers or disbelievers in the shroud as authentic could say this supports their position:
“I believe in holy relics/I disbelieve in holy relics.”


40 posted on 12/03/2016 10:44:19 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers, all arsmed conservatives)
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