There are traces of the spices. Dr. Avanoam Danin, Professor of Botany of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the World's foremost expert on botany of the Eastren Mediterranian and Israel has identified several plant spices. As to why I'm "worried" about that, I'm not. You asked. I answered your question.
There are tons of pathologist who know and will say and have said that dead bodies don't bleed. . .
No, Iscool, there are not. Recently dead bodies will ooze and seep blood for some time. Any qualified forensic pathologist will confirm that. Quit making things up.
There are tons of pathologist who know and will say and have said that dead bodies don't bleed
Name them. Cite their work from peer reviewed scientific journals. Where are these "tons" you claim that refute world class forensic scientists, and specialists in the esoteric components of blood fraction who have done the actual test on the samples and had their work independently confirmed?You can't, because they don't exist or their work has been proved wrong by subsequent work that showed they used the wrong technique for old degraded blood.
Then you have to know that it is still no more than a theory...Whether the shroud is authentic or not has no bearing on my Christianity...There are so many false doctrines and outright lies out there that people try to justify with their tradition and interpretation of the scripture, that I'm only interested in the truth...And the shroud of turin hasn't yet made the grade to be absolute truth...
and you will not find disagreement from me on any of that except your interest in the truth. . . you keep adding much to your interpretation of scripture that just is not there. You will not find me saying that the Shroud is definately the burial shroud of the man named Jesus. You will find me looking at the evidence critically and not dismissing it out of hand as do you because of your prejudices.
Prejudices??? What prejudices are you referring to???
I’ve read all 107 posts in this thread and I haven’t seen anyone mention the side-strip sewn onto the Shroud. The theory is that it was cut from the Shroud and used to bind the body in the Shroud, and that is why John used a plural word in referring to the “linen wrappings”. It was later sewn back onto the Shroud for safekeeping apparently. What is your take on that?