[orionblamblam]

> The scorching proposal that high temperatures from a fire in 1532, which damaged and nearly destroyed the Shroud, enhanced the mix of radioactive carbon 14 and stable carbon 12 isotopes in the cloth is dubious ...

It' silly, is what it is. Fire does not effect isotopic ratios of carbon.

> I really do believe that it is a burial cloth of a first century crucifixion victim.

Then that victim was an alien, because the shroud does not conform to human geometry when actual attempts to fold replicas around humans or humaniform manikens have been attempted. It just doesn't work.

[Alex Murphy]

Then that victim was an alien, because the shroud does not conform to human geometry when actual attempts to fold replicas around humans or humaniform manikens have been attempted. It just doesn't work.

Besides, it had to be an alien. Who else would glow-in-the-dark inside a shroud?

[shroudie]

You wrote: "It' silly, is what it is. Fire does not effect isotopic ratios of carbon."

You meant heat, right? In a fire, definate contamination from movement of gaseous products can change the overall molecular level mixture. The heat does not change isotopic ratios of carbon; on that point you are right. But what is the point. It is trivial and not the cause of the carbon 14 error.

As for alien: hmm. Do you know how the image was formed? As we do not know, and as we do not presume a contact mechanism, I don't know how we can simply say it does not conform. The image does definately appear to be collimated. I don't know how the image was formed, and like you I agree that it does not conform to human geometry -- but only for contact mechanisms. I am quite certain it was not faked.