[Cicero]

There was considerable discussion of The Shroud here in earlier days. After reading tons of articles about it, here and elsewhere, it became obvious to me that the “scientific” rejection simply made no sense. Whether or not one believes that it was the actual burial shroud of Jesus or not, it is very, very difficult to explain how it could have been a forgery. The likeliest explanation, taking all the facts into consideration, is, yes, the Shroud is real.

That was my conclusion. The matter is far too complicated to justify it here in a brief comment. I’ll just say that the “scientists” in question were about as scientific as the Global Warmers.

[HiTech RedNeck]

It looks like it bears an imprint of supernatural origin. If it’s “that” shroud nobody can prove. But an empty shroud goes with an empty tomb in saying Jesus’s death is over. It did what it needed to do. Jesus need die no more.

[Alberta's Child]

Even from a purely scientific and logical point of view there are a number of points that weigh heavily toward the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin. In a nutshell:

1. Nobody has been able to duplicate it.

2. It has all the characteristics of a photographic negative, but existed for at least several hundred years before photography was invented.

3. The physical characteristics of the person whose image appears on the Shroud doesn't match the conventional wisdom in the Middle Ages about the death of Jesus Christ (i.e., a forger would have gone to great lengths to create an image that matched paintings and other artwork of that era to help reinforce its authenticity).

[infool7]

Just as it seems we have been feed a steady diet of Fake News since (at least my, born in 1963) childhood it seems that Fake Science has also been on the menu.

[Swordmaker]

I’ll just say that the “scientists” in question were about as scientific as the Global Warmers.

Once those doing the sampling of the Shroud for the C-14 tests threw out the agreed on sampling protocols and opted to take the sample from the one area of the Shroud all the scientists agreed should NOT be an area sampled due to it being obviously physically and chemically different from the main body of the Shroud, all science was thrown out the window. . . and politics and extreme bias entered the process. Then when the reporting labs, especially the lab in Arizona AVERAGED their results, we knew it was not about science but proving an already decided conclusion they wanted to get.