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Just days before Christmas
Originally posted by InfoKartel
Just days before Christmas
Christ has nothing to do with Christmas? This article is a joke and the research is a farce. Forgive me for not taking anything Italian serious. Italy...home of the Vatican. *puke puke*
Catholics are insane people, coincidentally, they are also the people who will soak up this news like a spunge and to go even further, this kind of research is done with a TARGET GROUP(who they want to sell it to) in mind. But wait...if you thought that was all...I bet the research was done by some Vatican sponsored group of "scientists". They're only fooling themselves with this bull.
Thanks for the article, OP.
Originally posted by Daedal
Guess this means a Merry Christmas to Christians...the on-going debate over the shrouds authentification has been going on for sometime..I'm sure these claims will be refuted soon.
" Just days before Christmas, a new study has emerged that suggests that one of Christianity's most prized but mysterious relics – the Turin Shroud – is not a medieval forgery but could be the authentic burial robe of Christ. "
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Italian scientists have conducted a series of advanced experiments which, they claim, show that the marks on the shroud – purportedly left by the imprint of Christ's body – could not possibly have been faked with technology that was available in the medieval period.
The research will be an early Christmas present for shroud believers, but is likely to be greeted with scepticism by those who doubt that the sepia-coloured, 14ft-long cloth dates from Christ's crucifixion 2,000 years ago.
edit on 19-12-2011 by Daedal because: added picedit on 19-12-2011 by Daedal because: Added source
The blood type on the face cloth is the same as on the shroud and in Eucharistic miracles over 2000 years.
There's no misinformation in the slightest. The "photo-shopped" image you are talking about is known as the photographic negative of the Shroud, and is commonly referred to in that way.
It is used because it shows a more accurate image of the body, etc... No one has ever claimed that that is how the shroud looks.
Originally posted by PhoenixOD
reply to post by colbe
The blood type on the face cloth is the same as on the shroud and in Eucharistic miracles over 2000 years.
Which proves....nothing im afraid. Other than two blood types match. Blood types are not like fingerprints , they are not unique. Try looking at it rationally.
I'm afraid rationale escapes religious minds at a certain point.
You seem to be afraid of a bit more than misinformation.
Originally posted by InfoKartel
reply to post by randyvs
You seem to be afraid of a bit more than misinformation.
Afraid? Anything but afraid. I know the Vatican is peddling a false deity. I know the Vatican launders money for criminal organizations. I know the Vatican is caught up in pedophile cases worldwide. I know the Vatican gave the order for crusades and colonizations.
All this I know. So excuse me for taking this "research"(if one can call it that) from "scientists"(who believe the Earth is 6000 years old) with a universe-load of salt.
Catholics are free to believe whatever they want, however in most cases they do not choose themselves. Their faith needs a shroud to reinforce itself because it is fleeting and is prescribed to them by clueless men with agendas. They need "holy" items(such as nails, statues, candles, saints and whatnot) to reaffirm whatever thoughts of belief they have. In short: Their belief is of this world. Something that is warned against in the very same book they claim to be following.
Pshhh, afraid...more like well informed.
Maybe the news of the shroud is to bring back the people losing their faith?! The church is losing followers as more and more people are waking up to the scam!!