Post #5736

IS THE SHROUD OF TURIN A FORGERY ? If you believe the Shroud is a fake, then you must explain how: "whoever fabricated it before 1357 AD must have: 1) known the precise methods of crucifixion in the first century; 2) possessed the medical knowledge of a modern expert surgeon; 3) utilized an art process unknown to any great master, never duplicated before or since; 4) been able to foresee and approximate principles of photographic negativity that would not be discovered for centuries; 5) imported a piece of old cloth of Middle Eastern manufacture; 6) used a coloring agent which would be unaffected by intense heat; 7) been able to incorporate in his work details (that have only recently been discovered), that the human eye cannot see and that are visible only with the most advanced computer-scanning devices; 8.) been able to reproduce flawlessly, on a nearly flat linen surface, in a single color, undistorted 3-D characteristics of a human body in a 'negative format' on the tops of the threads, while conversely showing the 'blood' as positive and soaking all the way through. All of this had to have been done prior to 1357, for since that date the Shroud has a clearly documented and uninterrupted history. And even now, with all the scientific and technical skills at our command, our scientists and artists cannot duplicate the Shroud," Dan Hughes