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Old 11-20-2009, 06:52 AM   #1
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Default The Hydra Shroud of Turin

Like the hydra, the shroud people have again reasserted that the shroud of Turis is Jesus' first century burial cloth.

This time, a vatican person says there is writing on it that says "Jesus".
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/...hroud_of_turin

Does anyone know of any tests done to confirm this, or of images of the supposed "writing". Plus, even given the huge concession that this is writing, isn't it unsurprising that a medieval hoaxter might scrawl "Jesus" on his hoax?

Let's see how long this lasts....

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Old 11-20-2009, 07:24 AM   #2
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This good story enlightens my afternoon.
Remember that the so-called Shroud of Turin was made at Lirey in Champagne (France).
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Old 11-20-2009, 09:14 AM   #3
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The reporter did a good job of interviewing skeptics.

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"People work on grainy photos and think they see things," said Antonio Lombatti, a church historian who has written books about the shroud. "It's all the result of imagination and computer software."

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Decades ago entire studies were published on coins that were purportedly seen on Jesus' closed eyes, but when high-definition images were taken during a 2002 restoration the artifacts were nowhere to be seen and the theory was dropped, Garlaschelli said
The word is paradolia also spelled Pareidolia, a category of Perceptions_of_religious_imagery_in_natural_phenom ena
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Still is a cool way to get a monogrammed burial shroud.

The coins were probably sun glasses.
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Old 11-20-2009, 12:14 PM   #5
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Default Researcher says text proves Shroud of Turin real

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_italy_shroud_of_turin
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 scientists, who maintain the shroud is a medieval forgery.
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Wait, but I saw a picture of a grove of trees that spell out Allah in arabic and there was that meat somewhere that spelled out Allah in the gristle and...and...

What would be funny is if they found text that said "Made in Nazareth".
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Hey, invisible text proves the authenticity of something that belonged to a guy who never existed.

Those zany Vatican researchers. What'll they think of next?
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Same topic in BCH:

http://www.freeratio.org/showthread.php?t=278863
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Like the hydra, the shroud people have again reasserted that the shroud of Turis is Jesus' first century burial cloth.

This time, a vatican person says ...
Not sure if this person has any association with the Vatican other than access to the facilities. Looks like someone with a book to sell.
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Looks like someone with a book to sell.
Yep, I noticed that too. And with the story on the national news, this person is now set to retire. They get rewarded hansomely for this claptrap.
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