Researcher says text proves Shroud of Turin real


Science | 206933 hits | Nov 20 12:42 pm | Posted by: Hyack
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ROME � A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus' burial cloth. The claim made in a new book by historian Barbara Frale drew immediate skepticism from some scientist

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  1. by avatar gonavy47
    Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:59 pm
    Flogging a dead horse will not get you very far.

  2. by avatar Hyack
    Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:38 pm
    Why the Hell won't it? It's kept threads going for weeks around here...

  3. by avatar CanadianJeff
    Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:56 pm
    Hehe Hyack nailed it. But seriously unless your holding the object or a picture of the object it's just the same as saying that something is true because this holy text says so...well how do you know the holy text is true...because it's the holy text....etc etc

  4. by avatar Mustang1
    Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:13 pm
    Test it again. IF there are problems with the C-14 dating in 1988, then offer up more samples to several leading academic institutions and establish how old the cloth is and the image.



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