Religious critics have long noted that the Turin shroud is incompatible with the bible, which describes multiple burial wrappings, including a separate “napkin” that covered Jesus’ face (John 20:5–7). Shroud of Turin Looking More Genuine, Researcher Contends.
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His announcement came in the wake of a Spanish TV report Wednesday on new research which shows that another shroud, venerated for 1,000 years in the Cathedral of Oviedo, Spain, is probably the cloth that covered Christ´s head after his crucifixion.
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Meanwhile, TV station "Antena 3" said that other research indicates that the relic in Oviedo, in northwest Spain, also has amazing points of coincidence with the Shroud of Turin.
For 12 years a multidisciplinary team of 40 scientists applied modern techniques, used in criminal investigations, on the Oviedo relic. The forensic experts discovered human bloodstains of the AB group, identical to those on the Shroud of Turin.
Amazing- an admitted and proven fake relic has been transmogrified into a miracle by those so weak in their own faith that they have to fabricate nonsense to bolster their belief. It's generally a relatively harmless delusion. I know people who swear the cross was made from dogwood because souvenir selling hucksters in Tennessee concocted a silly fairy tale to move more dogwood merchandise. Of course, there are more serious consequences for the folks that waste their savings financing playboy evangelists or forgoe needed medical treatments for themselves or their children or kiss rattlesnakes because they believe that proves they are faithful. Then there are always those people who get goofy enough to butcher the infidels to get right with their version of divinity...