[Storm Cloud]

If somebody claimed to have found a toga that Julius Ceasar wore, would you doubt it?

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I would, wouldn’t you?

Would you not want significant evidence to demonstrate that it was in fact worn by Julius Caesar? I would.


Why? I'm not paying money to see this toga, I'm not bidding for it on Ebay, and I know that Julius Caesar was an actual person. He had to wear something. If someone comes up and makes a credible case that they had his toga, why would that be incredible?

It is an historical fact that Jesus of Nazareth was crucified and that He died on the Cross. (Our Jewish Freepers will tell you that.) In accordance with Jewish tradition at the time, He was buried before sundown, and He would have been buried in a cloth. What on earth is so difficult to accept that this shroud is still in existence?

I don't understand the vehemence with which people are arguing this point. (Do they deny He existed? That He was crucified? That He was buried?)

[Storm Cloud]

shroud = Shroud

[dmz]

Chill, my friend. Save your ire for someone for whom it is appropriate.

Jesus is an historical figure. I agree.
He would have been buring in a shroud. Gotcha, no argument here.
We have a shroud that bears the image of a crucified male. OK.

Sure, it could be the burial shroud of Jesus of Nazareth, but the evidence you point to above and in your post hardly makes that case.

As I said in an earlier post, I think it would incredibly cool if it were Jesus’ shroud. It would do little to advance the notion that He is the Son of God, but still incredible from an historical standpoint. Unfortunately, with the evidence we have (the shroud itself), I am at a loss to figure out how we could definitively resolve this.

[Swordmaker]

(Do they deny He existed? That He was crucified? That He was buried?)

John Dominick Crossen argues exactly that... Jesus would not have been buried. His body, according to Crossen, would have been tossed into a ditch for the dogs to eat like other crucifixion victims bodies were. Some skeptics doubt his existence. Many doubt the crucifixion.