To some of us, it’s The New Testament.
To you, it could be Indiana Jones.
Either way, it’s potentially a discovery of unparalleled significance.
The Shroud of Turin is nothing less than the most studied artifact in human history.
The technique measures the natural aging of flax cellulose and converts it to time since manufacture.
If it had been kept in different conditions, the aging would be different.
His study was published in Archives of Hematology Case Reports and Reviews, which peer-reviewed his research.
A few important points, especially about that 1988 study.
In 2017 more research was done that discredited it.
Cotton was found in he sample, which was common in Medieval France.
But fabrics from the Holy Land in the 1st century - which the Shroud is - were linens.
So the myth that the 1988 study busted a myth is, in fact, a busted myth.
But that only scratches the surface of what recent data has revealed.
Here’s a very small sample of a three hour discussion with Fr.
Andrew Dalton, who is one of many Shroud researchers.
In fact, he says the subject is offered at all Pontifical institutions of higher learning.
–In fact, they are only found on one side.
The side that came in contact with the body.
Meaning nothing soaked through.
Except the blood stains.
Intense light, for example producing a photographic negative.
And he was completely unable to reproduce any sort of effect that would do so.
In fact, he determined that to get to generate that much light would take 3.4trillionwatts of energy.
–The images are similar to a photographic negative.
Only as he developed the film was that phenomenon discovered.
It’s covered with blood stains that appear to be amorphous.
Until you lay it over the Shroud.
In which case the stains on both garments line up perfectly.
As well as pollen:
… from plants that are only native to that same area.
And that only bloom in April and May.
Meaning around Passover, when the Passion takes place.
I’m not here to convert anyone.
I just can’t imagine anyone finding out about these discoveries and not being fascinated by them.
Whether your interest is religious, scientific, archeological, metaphysical, or simply story telling.
That what we’re seeing is a natural phenomenon the likes of which exists nowhere else.
And perhaps brought about by a supernatural event.
(Think of every Indiana Jones movie.)
Case in point: Fr.
After all, what other process could have produced it?
And he was laughed out the room and completely ostracized.
Only arguing this one hypothesis will get you shunned by the scientific community.
I know what I believe.
Whether it was the Ancient Greeks myths, the Mayan gods, the existence of Atlantis.
It’s deep in the human race to seek the truth.
And not ignore it when it could be staring out at us from 2,000 years ago.
Now let’s get back to the usual lowest common denominator nonsense.
