The problem i was refering to was that i had heard the first time they
tested it, somethig was done wrong and showed that it was no where near the
time of christ's death, but recently the retested it and found that it fell
alot closer to his era. Of course i might have that mixed up!
--
Dustin
"keep your lamp light trimmed and burning"
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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [MMouse]: Re: Digest modestmouse.v001.n588
>Date: Thu, Dec 2, 1999, 10:55 AM
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> Yeah, if I remember correctly, there were some "authenticity issues." I don't
> know if it was due to carbon dating, but I do remember church officials
> balking at the idea of letting scientists get their mitts all over it. Good
> question.
>
>
>
> On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Dustin Summers wrote:
>
>> wasnt there some problem or screw up when they first ran carbon dating tests
>> on the shroud(sp?) of turin???? i forget i heard or saw something about this
>> somewhere.
>>
>> dustin
>>
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>> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >Subject: Re: [MMouse]: Re: Digest modestmouse.v001.n588
>> >Date: Wed, Dec 1, 1999, 5:18 PM
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>> >
>> > Not that I even want to indulge in this debate while I have essay coming
due
>> > left & right, but:
>> >
>> > The funny thing about carbon dating has always been its assumption: That
the
>> > forces of nature present now have always been the same. It is basing itself
>> > on present conditions to explain the past, which isn't (hasn't?) been
exactly
>> > uniform throught out it's "4+ billion" to "2000 years" (depending on who
you
>> > ask, I guess!) of existence.
>> >
>> >
>> >> K well, unless you have the scientific prowess to completely disprove
carbon
>> >> dating, which is something rediculous like 97.9% correct then maybe you
have
>> >> yourself an arguement. However, considering the oldest Primate/human they
>> >> have found to date has been dated past 40,000 years I think there might be
>> >> some problems with your theory. Do me a favor, take a few Geology Courses
>> >> and then tell me what ya think. Im not sayin youre wrong, well, yes I am,
>> >> but regardless, seriously, don't you think the smartest people in the
world
>> >> would know a little bit more about the Halflife of Carbon molecules then
say
>> >> you or I? For Christs sake, we actually had to perform carbon dating in
my
>> >> Geology class, thus making it a bit more of a theory than a hypothesis.
>> >> Dont believe everything that you read.
>> >> Jonathan
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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