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As some of you may know, I have attended several presentations on the Shroud that were given by Dr. Tom D'Muhalla here in Raleigh. Tom was the leader of the original STURP team that analyzed the Shroud in 1978 and has stayed extremely active in Shroud research, etc. ever since. His most recent presentation was given just a couple of weeks ago.

What he said this time is what he has told us in previous presentations. The carbon dating fiasco was a joke for MANY reasons. Example: when the Turin diocese agreed to allow a sample to be taken for carbon dating, the scientific team said "fine..........but whatever you do, do NOT take the sample from this one area on the Shroud; it's clearly a piece that was added much later and does not match the rest of the Shroud". Well, boys and girls.......guess where the sample was taken from? You got it; the ONE place on the Shroud that they explicitly said NOT to touch.

As usual, his presentation was fascinating and he alluded strongly to some very new research that will "set the world on its ear".

Here's a link to a thread from one of his previous presentations:

Shroud of Turin Presentation Update

Thanks for the link. I found this point particularly intriguing:

Little-to-no anatomic detail is visible unless you get further than 15 feet away from it. If someone HAD "painted" it, he/she would have had to have used a paintbrush over 15 feet long.

There was another theory - one supposedly confirmed by a Spanish archaeologist on the subject of Carbon 14 dating and the potential inaccuracies involved in its use.

His theory is that organic material like the cloth the Shroud is made of, supports the growth of bacteria on its surface. The bacterial population grows and dies, and as it does so, it creates deposits of fresh carbon on the surface of the organic material. After time, this builds up - a layer of fresh carbon along with more carbon 14. This layer is referred to as "bioplastic". Unless the bioplastic is removed PRIOR to the carbon sampling, the sample tested includes contaminated carbon material which provides a more recent date for the tested material than it really has.

When the tests on the organic material taken from the Shroud were made, this effect was unknown.

"As usual, his presentation was fascinating and he alluded strongly to some very new research that will "set the world on its ear"."

Did he give a hint of what this might be or when the new research will be disclosed? I concur the comment is compelling.

Incidentally, I live in Holly Springs. How do I find out about the presentations and when they will occur?

Thanks!