Posted on 03/28/2013 9:56:57 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
Experiments conducted by scientists at the University of Padua in northern Italy have dated the shroud to ancient times, a few centuries before and after the life of Christ.
Many Catholics believe that the 14ft-long linen cloth, which bears the imprint of the face and body of a bearded man, was used to bury Christ's body when he was lifted down from the cross after being crucified 2,000 years ago.
The analysis is published in a new book, "Il Mistero della Sindone" or The Mystery of the Shroud, by Giulio Fanti, a professor of mechanical and thermal measurement at Padua University, and Saverio Gaeta, a journalist.
The tests will revive the debate about the true origins of one of Christianity's most prized but mysterious relics and are likely to be hotly contested by sceptics.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
I wonder what did happen to the cross? But if found, how would you know it was the one used to crucify Jesus?
He has risen indeed.
Perfect.
Of course.
My assumption is that it would be genuine.
Ron Wyatt talking about JESUS blood sample
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EGLPADW_kUw
Chinese Jesus -
http://www.amoymagic.com/XLife/life_aq.jpg
We see Jesus as someone who looks like us. Perhaps He will appear different to us all. I always remember that He healed three blind men different ways.
The “true” cross was said to have been found and retrieved by St. Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great. She died in A.D. 330. She made a trip to the Holy Land in 326-328.
You'd be surprised.........
Beats "speaking in tongues" and snake handling.
Interesting. How did they know it was the “true” cross and what happened to it?
Carbon dating is pretty accurate back to a few thousand years, but none of the radiometric dating methods are “exact” measurements. They all require certain assumptions and predefined reference points in order to make a date estimate.
The problem with the shroud dating is that the assumptions may have been wrong, and then the dating wouldn’t be reliable at all. They assumed that every section of the shroud was original, but some fabric seems to have been added when repairs were made. So, if they tested the repaired portion and assumed it was original, the dating wouldn’t be worth much.
That’s correct. The Shroud was severely damaged in a fire in 1532. It was repaired by a group of nuns called the Poor Clare Nuns and they used patches to repair portions of the cloth damaged by fire. I suspect when they did the first carbon dating, they dated those portions of the newer cloth. The image on the cloth, however, was miraculously untouched by the fire.
...or drinking strychnine........
...he said, while crouched in front of an image on a video display system made of pixels...
Ouch, that’s gonna hurt! Call the Waaaaambulance!
I don’t worship my computer. I am its slave..........
I've gone off and blackened cooking pots on the stove 'cause I ran back to the Internet to make some wisecrack on Free Republic. Yeah, I render unto my computer burnt offerings...
:o)
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