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Toto · 01-31-2011, 01:32 PM

Remaking the Shroud--National Geographic - a review of the National Geographic TV special "Remaking the Shroud," by Antonio Lombatti.

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This is the best Shroud film ever produced probably because most of the people who have been involved in it are professional scholars and not "shroudologists": the medievalist Richard Kaeuper (University of Rochester), who speaks on the first owner of the Turin Shroud -- the French knight Geoffroy de Charny; -- the archaeologist Shimon Gibson (Texas A&M University), who refers on Second Temple burial cloths and rites, the art historian William Dale (University of Western Ontario), who deals with byzantine icons; and the chemist Luigi Garlaschelli (University of Pavia), the first scientist to remake a full-size shroud.

Juststeve · 01-31-2011, 01:55 PM

I predict this will not be the last word. I can remember when the shroudies were begging for carbon dating. They finally got their wish but unfortunately carbon dating failed the Shroud Of Turin test.

Steve

Splarnst · 01-31-2011, 02:49 PM

Latest, not last.

Godless Raven · 01-31-2011, 02:55 PM

If they are still having a go at it after it's been proven it's from Medeival times, these people are hopeless.

PinkZinc · 01-31-2011, 03:09 PM

Stuff the Shroud of Turin, I want to see C14 tests on the Holy Prepuce-----all 35 pieces of it!

Perspicuo · 01-31-2011, 03:26 PM

It's interesting that the pope mentioned (doesn't say which) calls it a representation, and the medieval bishop's account is clear, objective and follows the evidence.

aa5874 · 01-31-2011, 05:56 PM

What exactly does the Shroud of Turin prove? That Jesus was NAKED after he was RAISED from the dead?

padraic · 01-31-2011, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Revolutionary

Latest, not last.

Indeed.

Beliefs in which reason,logic and evidence have had no part informing are rarely demolished using those tools.

This mindset is common in young earth creationists,9/11 conspiracy nuts,"God was an alien' fruit loops and other members the crackpot fringe. (of course Catholics are not on the fringe, they're mainstream)

Psychologists call it 'cognitive dissonance'. George Orwell coined the pithier term 'doublethink'.

thegdin · 02-01-2011, 01:44 AM

I heard the last word on it years ago. That word is Bullshit.

avi · 02-01-2011, 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Juststeve

...but unfortunately carbon dating failed the Shroud Of Turin test...

haha, brilliant.
:notworthy:

avi

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01-31-2011, 01:55 PM	#2
Juststeve Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas Texas Posts: 758	I predict this will not be the last word. I can remember when the shroudies were begging for carbon dating. They finally got their wish but unfortunately carbon dating failed the Shroud Of Turin test. Steve

01-31-2011, 02:49 PM	#3
Splarnst Contributor Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Jacksonville, Florida Posts: 13,161	Latest, not last.

01-31-2011, 02:55 PM	#4
Godless Raven Contributor Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cun City, Vulgaria Posts: 10,293	If they are still having a go at it after it's been proven it's from Medeival times, these people are hopeless.

01-31-2011, 03:09 PM	#5
PinkZinc Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 12	Stuff the Shroud of Turin, I want to see C14 tests on the Holy Prepuce-----all 35 pieces of it!

01-31-2011, 03:26 PM	#6
Perspicuo Moderator - History of Non Abrahamic Religions, General Religious Discussions Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Latin America Posts: 6,620	It's interesting that the pope mentioned (doesn't say which) calls it a representation, and the medieval bishop's account is clear, objective and follows the evidence.

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aa5874 Contributor Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: the fringe of the caribbean Posts: 18,988	What exactly does the Shroud of Turin prove? That Jesus was NAKED after he was RAISED from the dead?

02-01-2011, 01:44 AM	#9
thegdin Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 1,240	I heard the last word on it years ago. That word is Bullshit.

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