Posts Made By: Jason Fry

I believe this is a Christian holiday celebrated throughout the world. Please correct me if I am wrong.

You are correct, sir!

Jason

Actually Bill, I just saw on TV a scholar (I believe he's a photographic expert) who studied the shroud extensively as part of a team in the late 70's (and who happens to be a Jew - obviously no vested interest in some sort of "authentic" outcome). His comment was that the more he studied it and over the years, the more fascinated he was by it. According to this fellow, the only scientific evidence that disputed its authenticity as being an ancient artifact was the carbon dating in 1988 that dated it in the 13th-14th century (fairly similar to the period in which it was discovered). What has now come to light is that the piece that was used for dating in 1988 has been found to have come from the part of the shroud which is a patch that medieval nuns had used to repair the shroud after damage from fire. Apparently this was known to have happened, but it was not evident until now that the fragment tested was from that. The evidence is a component of the tested cloth that didn't exist before that century, and that component isn't found in most of the rest of the cloth, only the "patch" material. This doesn't "prove" the shroud's authenticity, but it does invalidate the disproof of the 1988 carbon dating.

Jason