-Caveat Lector-
In a message dated 6/24/99 1:21:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> As Gerald Larue says:
>
> "Carbon-14 dating has demonstrated that the Shroud is
> a 14th-century forgery and is one of many such
> deliberately created relics produced in the same
> period, all designed to attract pilgrims to specific
> shrines to enhance and increase the status and
> financial income of the local church."
>
Certainly a supportable contention. One that I think is PROBABLY accurate.
BUT, there are some intriguing aspects of the Shroud, like the pollen and
other adherents to the cloth which support an older date and a middle eastern
origin. One must certainly accept the fact that religious relics are used by
the church to further their own belief systems. Science usually fails to
support and again we are left with issues of faith and belief, in the face of
science (as if science is always right all the time!). The shroud is an
interesting relic and I am open to all the possibilities.
Teo1000
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