[grey_whiskers]

I am pretty sure it was more than radio carbon dating. It is not like they were close and the vote was 3 for and 4 against.

Science is not determined by voting.

Have you been to either of these two websites?

shroud.com

shroudstory.com

Cheers!

[Nikas777]

The tests against provided reasonable doubt. I can't start from the assumption it is the Shroud and reject evidence that denies it.

With that said I am not dismissing the possibility - only playing devils advocate for the most part. I find compelling evidence exists to prove the Shroud is genuine as well (wrists where nails went through vs palms). I think my position is in the middle - it was a REPRODUCTION using advanced techniques of the Greek artistic world from the original or it was the original and Byzantines enhanced the image to make it more visible. I like the idea that it would be a copy of the original - not produced as a fraud but as a genuine reproduction to allow others to view it as was common at that time to do.