You are a very superstitious man, Curtis—acting under the compulsion of your atheism.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@> wrote: > > > > I don't know who's image is on the shroud, though I find it amazing that > > such a thing persists in outfoxing the most delicate and sophisticated > > analysis our physical science can produce.> > > It isn't that it is outfoxing science. It is a work of art by any standard > and it isn't cool to destroy it because of a superstition. Science came > through on dating it, so unless Jesus lived in the middle ages, it isn't him. > > < Its interesting from a perspective of what researchers continue to find out > about the cloth itself and its charismatic image. Who cares if someone says > its Jesus? Could be, but who cares? Not really the issue.> > > I think it really is. If it wasn't being protected as a relic they would be > able to take enough samples to answer more questions. Superstition is > protecting this work of art and it is being treated differently because of > that. It is really ONLY the superstition connection that makes it a matter > of interest at all. That period of history was full of relics that just > didn't get preserved to make it to our time. > > < They still cannot identify how the image was made. That is mysterious and > lively and interesting to me. Whether or not such an image is Jesus is > impossible to prove, and far less interesting. > > > > The whole idea fascinates me in a different way. It is a window into human > beliefs. Since it came from an age of relics being sold, it has the mystical > credibility of a sideshow three headed dog in a bottle of formaldehyde in the > back of a carnival tent. Step right up folks, Jesus' burial shroud, with his > image as clear as a painting of Elvis on velvet, step right up. > > I saw some saint's relics in a monastery I visited. Some fingernails and > cloth of some saints. Leftovers from the time the rich paid for indulgences > to get out of purgatory quicker. This shroud has a context of the flim > flamery of an era of relics sold for cash. It is a version of Jesus on the > toast sold on ebay. > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > Excellent example of the misuse of science to promote a magical agenda. > > > > > > These guys didn't examine the shroud at Oxford. What they are doing is: > > > > > > "The results show a short and intense burst of UV directional radiation > > > can colour a linen cloth so as to reproduce many of the peculiar > > > characteristics of the body image on the Shroud of Turin,' the scientists > > > said" > > > > > > OK, so lets take them at their word. Some of the "pecular > > > charactoristics" of the image on the shroud can be duplicated by another > > > process only found today. > > > > > > Real scientists might conclude that since ths technology was not around > > > either in Jesus' time or when the Shroud was probably made, > > > 1260–1390 AD, then this was probably not how the shroud was made. > > > > > > Oh wait, its Christmas time. Sorry. The need for Christmas miracle > > > stories to feed the hoards trumps all! > > > > > > Ok, I'm onboard now. We don't know what it was that caused the image... > > > so it was aliens. No sorry, it was magic Jesus. Jesus was magic and made > > > a magic cloth with his magicness and now we have evidence of magical > > > things happening at this magical time of the year. > > > > > > Long as I get my pfeffernuesse cookies I'll keep my mouth shut. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > > > > > There's probably another explanation. Maybe the body naturally > > > > releases chemicals or certain auras after death that appear to come > > > > from ultraviolet light. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7" <whynotnow7@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > The person under the shroud created light tuned to that frequency, > > > > > leaving its impression on the fabric. Sounds like a sidha at work.:-) > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Scientists from Italy say the image was created by ultraviolet > > > > > > light. How can that be? > > > > > > > > > > > > http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/scientists-turin-shroud-image-created-ultraviolet-lasers-182107870.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
