It irritates the heck out of me when people spout off out of total ignorance in their unjustified faith in their own intelligence. They should take some time- preferably years - in researching the subject before expounding. (Myself, I am far from an expert. But I have been following The Shroud for 50 years, mainly, as I mentioned before, from the art angle.)
One that particularly irks me, again from the art side of the equation, is that it was obviously a Medieval forgery - and yet NO ONE has, with all our modern day expertise and science, been able to duplicate it, althoug one must give them A for effort - twisted and convoluted as they are..
The most inane it the “da Vinci did it”. I agree that daVinci was ahead of his time as to intelligence and talent, but, good grief, even if one wants to believe the flawed carbon dating for age, that still puts it hundreds of years before daVinci was born. I doubt even he was that talented. ;o)
There is NO excuse for these ignorant and arrogant refutations of the Shroud spouted out of thin air (the kind between two ears of some people) when research today is at our fingertips. Even a cursory, quick GOOGLE could enlighten them enough to a least question their knee-jerk suppositions, slowing them down long enough to maybe bestir themselves to further investigation before solidifying their less than expert judgment.
So thank you for responding to some of these irritating postings in such a succinct way. I have wanted to for years - but would not have been so diplomatic.
I have been following Barrie's site/work since he first went on line and corresponded for some time - he is most open and kind. He has done a herculean job and a great work...so valuable.
“One that particularly irks me, again from the art side of the equation, is that it was obviously a Medieval forgery”
How can you reach this conclusion?
Indeed the carbon dating done was conducted on patches that were made during the medieval period. Forensic examination showed the image was consistent to the nth degree with that of someone who had been scourged and crucified. There has never been a way to produce this image and there are things which could not even be seen until recent technological advances (blood serum). So, your medieval forger would have had to known about blood serum centuries before it was known and to know that a certain wavelength would be used that would expose it centuries before the equipment was developed. So, again I ask...how can you day that it was obviously a medieval forgery?