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Antonio Lombatti – the Shroud is fake and Not Unique
The Daily Mail (caution – typical racy stories in the sidebars) has posted a story mentioning that Antonio Lombatti views the Shroud of Turin as a fake, and notes that it is not unique. He said the Turin Shroud itself – showing an image of a bearded man and venerated for centuries as Christ’s burial…
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The Bede vs. the Shroud
Jason, a shroud of Turin advocate, wrote: There’s a vast amount of material in the Shroud literature about references to objects resembling the Shroud and possible depictions of the Shroud in artwork prior to the fourteenth century. In point of fact, as best we can tell from the scientific and historical evidence, the shroud is…
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Is Long Hair Shameful?
Steve Hays took issue with my objection that the Shroud depicts a man with long hair, which is consistent with medieval iconography but inconsistent with Paul’s teaching regarding hair length. 1 Corinthians 11:14-15Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? But if a…
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Two Examples of the Guilt by Association Fallacy
The first comes from Mark Shea (trying to defend Cardinal Pell), who tries to associate a literal understanding of Scripture with Atheistic and Fundamentalist advocates (and them with each other). The second comes from my dear friend Steve Hays (trying to respond to something I wrote) who tries to associate a particular argument with naturalism…
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The Shroud – Supernatural Hypothesis and Natural Hypothesis
There are, in general, two hypotheses about how the Shroud came to be. The first is that the shroud represents the work of human ingenuity. The second is that the shroud represents an artifact of supernatural activity. We’ll explore the supernatural hypothesis first. In very general terms, if something is the artifact of a supernatural…
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Dishonoring the Truth about the Shroud
Jason Engwer is great guy and has produced lots of useful and helpful material. I really appreciate his on-line work, and I hope that no one will be so foolish as to think that the criticism I’m about to offer is supposed to reflect badly on him personally. My problem is with his statement, not…
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The Little Problem for the Shroud of Turin
John 20:4-8 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, and…
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Shroud News
An ancient shroud has been found (link to story). One passage of the article was especially interesting: Gibson said the remains of the man covered in the cloth consisted of different wrappings for the body and the head, which was consistent with burial practices of the era. He also said research had shown that the…