I remember when I was just a kid STRP announced it was a Medieval fake...somehow I never believed them. You just know that you are looking at the face of Jesus. I get chills when I see it, always have. It feels good that the finally figure out where they went wrong with the carbon dating. It never changed the way I felt about it...I guess that is what faith is all about. Thanks for posting, I look forward to the special.
Patently untrue. Wrong on steroids.
You are referring to the Shroud of Turin Research Project ("STURP") team investigation in 1978. The primary organizer of that team is not only one of my best friends, but also my co-founder of an organization dedicated to scientific research on the Shroud.
STURP did anything BUT claim it was anything remotely resembling "a Medieval fake". Far from it.
No, only one scientist peripherally associated with STURP, Walter C. McCrone, a visual light microscopist, made such a declaration, in a non-peer reviewed self-published vanity magazine, McCrone's own The Microscope. No one has ever been able to duplicate his findings. In fact, his findings have been falsified many times over by far more sophisticated tests than merely looking through a light microscope and saying "Gee, I see paint."