One thing that amazes me (and he did this for Thomas) is that Jesus obviously healed the rest of his wounds (the whip marks, etc.), and could have easily healed up the holes in the hands, but kept them for Thomas to secure his belief. Such love. Amazing.
My question has always been: if the Shroud is a fake how did the people know about negative images?
Jesus said we have to have faith. Yet “relics” are tools used to “prove” His power?
It seems like the kind of logic that makes those with average awareness say, “Huh?”
I have faith. The message makes sense to me without props. But to each his own.
Misleading headline. Even if the shroud is authentic, which it probably is not, it could never be authenticated.
Men did not wear long hair during that time.
I Cor. 11:14 — Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him...
Does the shroud blood sample contain the Jewish DNA markers?
I'd love to read more about this. Is he the one who discovered the "reweaving" of the tested patches, or did he debunk the carbon-14 testing some other way?
Had to go through the whole article to find the important part:
... Miñarro stops short of linking the two cloths to Jesus,...
What is with the eyes and pupils being visible? Leans me towards a painting.
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Does anyone here know if DNA comparisons can be made between the two samples?
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See also NYer's thread on that article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3420011/posts.