leonarde

Partial post:Because what is chiefly impressive about the blood on the Shroud is the way that the blood flows follow gravity as if they truly pored out the wounds of a crucified man( ie they conform to relate accurately to the wounds of the body image). To simulate those wounds/blood flows would require exquisite knowledge of anatomy/physiology and the 'easiest' way to do this would be using some type of paint/pigment.

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leonarde

Partial post"No they aren't: these STURP members were writing as scientists . There is no/can be no 'scientific test' for full authenticity (ie no scientific test for Jesus).

THAT final determination is an archaeological one. And it is made, based on many skeins of evidence. Some of them scientific. Some not.

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leonarde

Partial post:If you say so. But some "lurkers" claimed the same thing on the first 18 page Shroud of Turin thread too. I wasn't buying. And I ain't buying now.

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keyser_soze

I don't suppose it much matters what you buy. We see you as ridiculous(you could seem more ridiculous, but that position is already taken by the flat earthers.)

leonarde

Partial post:I haven't mentioned "Garza-Valdes" or his theory at all on this thread; it is you who keeps harping on it (see page 1).

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leonarde

Partial post:I know nothing about your background but what you have written is "compatible" with determined ignorance of the Shroud of Turin.

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leonarde

Since my last post I have done a bit of prose analysis and it turns out that mfarber is my oh-so-desperate playmate from the first Shroud of Turin thread of more than a year ago (the 18 pager that I already linked to on page 1 here). Since 'Principia' obviously believes not one word he is writing here and the overall tone is nasty and anti-intellectual, I'm bowing out of this thread. But before I do, I should give a few resources:
best single site for Shroud of Turin is: http://www.shroud.com/
another good site is here: http://www.shroudofturin.com/services1.html

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hezekiah jones

mfaber is Boro Nut?

hezekiah jones

But seriously folks, based on that 18 page thread and its most frequent participants, I have to wonder to whom leonard(e) is referring:

Principia: No, he's using the same name here, and his style is not particularly "desperate."
Koy: No, the most "desperate" argument Koy makes in that thread is "I need a fucking drink."

That only leaves one possible candidate, which leads me to ask, "Why would one subject one's own prose to analysis?"

Radcliffe Emerson

I agree, and that's the point I was making. Someone would have gotten human blood and smeared it on the Shroud, then claim it was Jesus.

DNA was unheard of back then, and probably blood types also. It was just blood. Who would question it?