Posted on 08/01/2025 6:02:53 AM PDT by Red Badger
For centuries, devout Christians have flocked to the Italian city of Turin to pay their respects to one of the most famous relics in the world.
The Shroud of Turin is a piece of linen, measuring 14ft 5in by 3ft 7in, that bears a faint image of the front and back of a man.
Many believe that this image was created when Jesus was wrapped in the venerated shroud shortly after his death on the cross 2,000 years ago.
However, according to a new study, the Shroud of Turin was never laid on Jesus' body.
Brazilian 3D designer and researcher Cicero Moraes, an expert in reconstructing historical faces, says that the shroud is nothing more than a 'masterpiece of Christian art'.
Mr Moraes used digital modelling software to examine how cloth drapes over the human body compared to a low, flat sculpture of a body.
These results, published this week in the journal Archaeometry, show that the shroud's distinctive pattern could only have been produced by a sculpture.
In his paper, Mr Moraes wrote: 'The Shroud's image is more consistent with an artistic low-relief representation than with the direct imprint of a real human body.'
New analysis shows that the images on the Shroud of Turin (centre) could only have been produced by laying the cloth over a flat sculpture (right) rather than over a human body (left)
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They hadn't done the burial preparation properly because of the approach of Passover. That's what the women went to the tomb on Easter morning to do, remember?
The only cloth mentioned was one that was placed over his face.
You can easily Google "second temple jewish burial customs" and find out that shrouds were always used. One style of shroud was a long strip of linen that was laid underneath and over the corpse.
This is an example of why it's important to study the cultural context of the events Scripture describes, rather than just run with an argument from silence.
Scripture (or any other text) assumes a lot of context that we may or may not know. Think of how a person from 1965 (not that long ago; within my lifetime) would struggle to understand something written today that talked about "Googling" something and "cell phone" this or that. It's the same thing.
“Brazilian 3D designer and researcher Cicero Moraes, an expert in reconstructing historical faces...”
Not exactly the team from the Manhattan Project
If this dude knows how the shroud was created then he should have no problem duplicating the shroud.
I’d bet against it.
That is correct. Someone finally has the nerve to tell the truth. It is a fake relic off of which to make money.
Just a coincidence I'm sure.
For the last 150 years they say , its real, its not real, its real , its not real, its real, its not real. Lately everything we were taught in science class has turned out to be folly.
Have you made a deep study of it?
The Catholic Church assigned spiritual meaning to that junk in order to captivate parishioners, making them dependent upon the physical church and the clergy. It is a "follow the money" ploy.
Yes, this is an excellent description of the image formation.
The Bible, yes, shroud stuff, no.
I have studied about the shroud for years.
I can tell you that it is absolutely the image of Christ.
There is no other explanation.
Here are just a FEW examples.
1. Wrapped in a Sheet
Both Jesus and the Man on the shroud were wrapped in a sheet after death, which was very rare in antiquity, especially in the case of crucifixion. In fact, the corpse was often left to wild animals or buried in mass graves.
2. Crown of Thorns
Both wore a crown of thorns on their heads. This fact is truly exceptional. No historical document describes this custom.
3. Transporting the Cross
Like Jesus, the man of the Shroud carried a heavy object on his shoulders, which can only be the cross on which he was nailed. The condemned carrying the gallows was not performed at all crucifixions, as they occasionally used trees or crosses.
4. The Use of Nails
Both the Jesus and the Man of the Shroud were nailed to a cross. This method seems to have been reserved for official crucifixions, while in most cases, the condemned were fixed to the cross with ropes.
5. Unbroken Legs
Both were injured in the side after death, with unbroken legs. This is unique, as breaking the legs of the crucified to hasten death was more common.
6. No Washing or Anointing
Both were wrapped in the funerary shroud immediately after being taken down from the cross, without any washing or anointing taking place.
Instead, normal burial customs included washing the body and anointing it with aromatic oils before wrapping it in the cloth.
In Jesus’ case, we know that he was wrapped in a sheet and placed in a tomb immediately after he was taken down from the cross. They were required to complete this operation before nightfall, when the Jewish Passover began, during which they could not perform manual labor. Women carried out the final burial two days later.
7. Remained in the sheet for a short time
Both remained in the sheet for a short amount of time.
In the case of the Man of the Shroud, to obtain the image we see, it was necessary for the corpse to remain on the sheet for a few hours, but no more than two or three days. The decomposition process would have destroyed the image and left simple stains on the fabric, which Shroud does not depict.
Similarly, Jesus was wrapped in a sheet after being taken down from the cross and remained wrapped for no more than 40 hours.
“The probability that these seven events occurred simultaneously in another man who underwent the torture of crucifixion is one in 20 billion […]. In other words, out of 20 billion possible crucified people, only one could have possessed the seven characteristics that we have considered, common to the man of the Shroud and to Jesus. As is evident in the history of humanity, there could not have been 20 billion crucifixes, and at most, a few hundred thousand or a few million,” underlined Barberis.
“The calculation carried out allows us to conclude that the probability that a crucified person with these characteristics is unique is very high and that therefore the Man of the Shroud is Jesus of Nazareth.”
https://ewtn.no/7-reasons-proving-the-shroud-of-turin-is-the-real-image-of-jesus/
And who do you think makes money off of it?
Exactly. Anyone can theorize; he should put his theory to the test. When he can duplicate the image (and do so using tech available before AD 1600), he’ll have a case.
One study calculated that the image could have be produced by a burst of electromagnetic radiation equal to 34,000 Trillion watts in 1/40th of a billionth of a second.
Maybe someday someone will pay to perform the experiment to test this theory.
Well, I don’t see why anyone should accept your pronouncements about it.
Many wise people - of Christian faith, of other faiths entirely, and of no particular faith, have studied the shroud and been deeply puzzled by it. But we’re supposed to believe you and not them, even though you haven’t studied the matter?
The Christian narrative states that Jesus died, was buried, and rose again, and you apparently believe that. What would be at all ‘unChristian’ about the fact that a material item from those events might have survived?
There are a lot of things Jesus never bothered to mention; that doesn’t make them untrue.
Just last year, some experts said that a new analysis determined that it really was the burial cloth of Jesus.
Well duh. So it’s a hoax; who knew?
And all Christians haven’t schlepped to Turin, same as sane people haven’t followed the Yellow Brick Road.
I visited Turin and the shroud museum earlier this year.
Apparently, Jesus was about six feet tall, which was probably very unusual back then.
The best evidence that the shroud came from Israel and not Europe would be in the pollen on the shroud. I was told there was about 45 varieties found on the shroud as I recollect. I didn’t follow up since I wanted to physically see as much as I could of Turin.
I asked the guide about DNA blood information, but the guide wasn’t able or willing to elaborate.
So if you question the validity of an old rag, you don’t believe in Jesus?
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