I watched a very interesting two hour show about the shroud of Turin on the history channel the night before last. Now it should be noted that the history channel should be taken with a grain of salt. But personally I feel that way about all history. Even so this was a pretty fascinating show.
According to the show this piece of cloth still remains a mystery. Naturally I’m a skeptic so I started doing some further research online. I’m not going to pass this off as a fake just yet.
I’m writing this entry on my iPhone so I don’t have a lot of options right now. But keep this post in mind and return later because I’d like to run through everything indetail later today. Until then I’m interested in your initial thoughts on the shroud of Turin.
Was the history Channel claiming that they found it? I thought they claimed that years ago and it turned out to be fake. I could be wrong.
Let me know when you update! I’ll surely come back and re read.
@misuriver – No, they’re discussing the technology we have today to recreate the face of the man in the shroud. I’m sure roxics will discuss it in further detail later… :)
@TheSeventhRhapsody – Oh!!! Ah, I remember now. I work too much. Ignore previous comment ;)
Oh, I really wanted to see that! I’ll have to watch and read your commentary.
Although not proven, I think it could possibly be the real thing. I didn’t see the program. Did they say how it was in a fire and the parts that were carbon dated were contaminated by the fire? I’d like to hear more about what the program said.
How the heck can anyone prove such a thing?? It’s really preposterous, I think. Just my personal and freaking irrelevant opinion. ;)
I agree with you about both the History Channel (though fascinating to watch nonetheless) and history itself (so subjective in many ways). t
What’s the latest research on this?
I’ve been keeping up with this 3d business about people saying they can recreate Jesus’ face. That will be interesting to see the finished product.
http://wWw.shroud.com.
It’s run by a Jewish skeptic who is now convinced it’s real. I’ve spoken with him since I work for the company that supplies his search functonality. Lots of info.
No idea, but I understand completely about the “grain of salt” thing. History and Discovery do help, but I’ve seen episodes of shows where they were discussing random clay pots that dated around the supposed time of Jesus, and they were practically giddy about how those pots “might have been used by Jesus when he turned the water to wine”. Or they could be a couple of the
hundreds of thousands
of clay pots probably in use around the same time. *facepalm*
I agree with sweet_sincerity, though. Just like with the pots, even if the carbon dating puts it into the same timeframe, how do they know it’s Jesus and not someone else? I don’t know, the whole thing just reminds me of a much more elaborate version of that underpass salt stain that everyone was worshipping a few years back here in Chicago because they thought it looked like the Virgin Mary.
Sorry about the wonky editing. Xanga hates Safari :(
I watch everything I can on the shroud. Many have tried to definitively prove it is a hoax, but so far, none have succeeded.
I wonder if it has magical powers. You know, since it touched Jesus and all.