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Lovely to see an article on the Shroud of Turin listed here but one wonders why this one was chosen? It’s superficial. It’s also rather negative.
The article is dated Sept 4, 2024, so perhaps it was chosen because it is current. Can you point us to an article that you find less superficial and less negative? The negativity, in my opinion, seems to be backed up with scientific evidence. Several Popes, past and present, have expressed doubts about its age. Why do you deem the article superficial?
Having (many years ago) looked into the Turin Shroud in some detail, I have to agree with Kate that this article is very VERY superficial and doesn’t add anything to the subject. Whilst I agree that the odds are overwhelming against the shroud being genuine, I do get frustrated at the way that many people simply say ‘It’s a fake!’ and simply stop there. There are some fascinating questions to be asked about how exactly the image was created, especially given that it is so different from other works of art from the period. The details in the image are… Read more »
The 2022 report on the age of the Shroud is here
https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/5/2/47
The new study on the hæmatology, which seems to have sparked the flurry of recent news articles, is here
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382507253_New_Insights_on_Blood_Evidence_from_the_Turin_Shroud_Consistent_with_Jesus_Christ's_Tortures
I don’t quite understand what an article about the Turin shroud has to do with this website – Thinking Anglicans.
Exactly! Why should we bother about Jesus’ burial shroud owned by Roman Catholics. A Church of England shroud would be more believable.
Not too long ago contributers on TA spent quite some time on the subjects of fiddleback chasubles. Perhaps we should not be to sniffy about what people found interesting, including the late much respected Bishop John Robinson.
Agreed. The Turin Shroud is a compelling, haunting image. I’m interested in knowing when, how, where, and why it was produced. Just as I’m interested in icons and other religious art. I don’t see how that makes me unthinking.
You don’t think that Anglicans might have interest in the burial shroud of Jesus? Real or not, it is relevant to all Christians, surely?
I do think that interesting aspects of CONFIRMATION BIAS can be seen in people’s reactions to the various scientifically-based news stories of the past few decades about the Shroud’s authenticity. It’s a sort of sand-box for notions about understanding the past, based on facts grounded in the present.