[Right Wing Professor]

Give me a break. You have various chunks of mummified flesh (maybe, if the True Believers who conducted the tests didn't introduce a little personal bias into the results), of very dubious provenance, and these are supposed to prove something? The Shroud of Turin has been carbon-dated and was likely created in 1355.

We have the same sort of thing in Ireland, where the head of 'Blessed Oliver Plunkett' was supposed to have been preserved incorrupt since he was offed by the Brits. I remember, back when I was still a Catholic, looking at it and wondering 'Is this really any different than any other 300 year old head would look?'.

I mean, just a modicum of skepticism here, please? You might have been able to sell this stuff to poor, ignorant 18th century peasants, but I think you better update the shtick.

[NYer]

The Shroud of Turin has been carbon-dated and was likely created in 1355.

We now know, from National Geographic News, PBS and several scientific papers, that the carbon 14 dating of the Shroud of Turin was done with an invalid sample.

M. Sue Benford and Joseph G. Marino, with the help of several textile experts, undertook a detailed examination of the documentation photographs of the carbon 14 samples and identified clear indications of a medieval patch.

Perhaps, professor, it is time you 'updated' your ignorant 20th century views by examining ALL of the facts.
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