"I'm always amused at how some of the more fundamentalist Christians scoff at Carbon-14 dating (and other proven dating techniques) until the dating technique is used to verify some probably-bogus relic. At which point, C-14 proves everything!"
What a completely ignorant and bigoted comment!
What makes you think (sort of) that fundamentalists are Catholic?
They are Protestant, doofus.
The Catholic Church has accepted evolution and carbon14 datings from the start.
Why dont you read up on some subjects before shooting your mouth?
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Why dont you read up on some subjects before shooting your mouth? "
I have. The Shroud is a fake.
Why the hostility?
Why won't the Catholic Church simply allow the Shroud to be fully examined, over a generously allocated period of time, under protocols that would both allow for an exhaustive range of tests and supervision that would ensure that it wasn't damaged? Maybe the cardinals are fearful that exhaustive tests would in fact prove it's a fake?