The Religion Moderator was right. I had no right to call anyone an “idiot” on this thread. Flowerplough....I hereby apologize to you for that. No matter how irked I may get, such words are uncalled for on FR, let alone on such a thread about such an important topic.
That said, I am humbled by the “defense” of me by Swordmaker and other FReepers who have put up such valuable information on the Shroud, here on this thread and many others. You guys are great, and I’ve learned much from YOU. I appreciate your insights, your knowledge, and your appreciation and understanding of research on the Shroud.
The Shroud is controversial and always will be. It also fascinates people, even non-Christians. I did a major presentation on the Shroud last evening at a local mega-church to thousands of people. Additionally and separately, in their cavernous main lobby, we had set up a huge display on the Shroud complete with looping PowerPoint presentations (with audio), film clips running on DVD in a loop (3 50” flat panel displays), life-sized Shroud images suspended from the ceiling, posters, a sculpture from Dame Isabel Piczek, plant samples, actual leptons from 2000 years ago, etc. etc.
The responses to the seminar and the display were incredible. People are hungry for knowledge; for information on this amazing piece of cloth.
I really just want to get out good information, good research to people everywhere so that they can draw their own conclusions. I overlooked that simple principle when I used an inappropriate “descriptor” in a reply to flowerplough, no matter how much I disagreed or tried to refute his points. That won’t happen again. He has every right to his own opinion, whether I agree or not.
So thank you very, very much, all, for your kind and supportive words....let’s keep this wonderful discussion going and I’ll do my part to keep it civil. God bless all of you.
You are a true gentleman! Happy Easter. :)
Outstanding post!
Thank you.
Hi! You have been so knowlegable in the past, I thought I would turn to you for a little more help. My son (12 yrs old) was just assigned a writing project and because I am so interested in the shroud, he chose the Shroud as his topic to do an “informative” paper on (I know he wants to know more about it and wants to pass on the information to his classmates). I was hoping you could recommend a book that may be age appropriate. He is using Barrie Schwortz’s web site as his on-line source, but he needs a book source that is not “over his head”. Is there a book that would be good for someone his age?