Posted on 12/22/2011 6:56:25 AM PST by marshmallow
The exact origins of the Turin Shroud remain a great mystery, but scientists are now disputing the long-held belief that the religious artifact is a medieval forgery.
Italian researchers at the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development say they believe the image was created by an ultraviolet "flash of light." However, if that theory is true, it remains a mystery as to exactly how that technology could have been implemented at the time of the Shroud's creation. While the technology is readily available in present day, it was far beyond the means of anyone around pre-20th Century.
The Turin Shroud is said to be the burial cloth of Jesus, but has long been believed to be a fake, created during medieval times. It is currently kept in a climate-controlled case in Turin cathedral. Scientists at the Italian agency have reportedly spent years attempting to recreate the Shroud's imagery. 'The results show a short and intense burst of UV directional radiation can colour a linen cloth so as to reproduce many of the peculiar characteristics of the body image on the Shroud of Turin,' the scientists said.
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Cool. Heavenly resurrection ultrasonic lasers. Can’t wait for the same thing to happen to me.
Aliens!/sarc
Those Carthusian monks and their lasers...
I could tell you, but you wouldn’t believe me.
“The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it”
John I:5
Bet they still don't know the entire chemical composition or they discount evaporation possibilities.
Just waiting for the muslim hordes to get around to sacking the city and burning the relic.
Ok, so we still don’t know, was this miracle performed in the 14th c or the 1st?
Bottom line....It’s a money maker for the church.
It’s been through one fire already.
The most significant event in history and we get to view an image of it. How awesome is that Shroud of Turin. Isn’t it just like the Almighty to leave us baffled and amazed.
Leonardo was working with Optics and was quite the practical joker. He was also no friend of the Vatican.
Saint’s bones, old shrouds and relics will not bring peace and enlightenment to your soul.
Why is directionality needed? Sunlight, especially at tropical latitudes, is heavy in UV including at damaging (material-altering) UV-C wavelengths. Perhaps just a shadow mask and sunlight. What if a painter painted on sunscreen in the complimentary positions, exposed the resulting painting for a while, and then washed the sheet to free it from sunscreen?
Okay, so ‘splain how it would have been possible for humans to do that either in first-century Jerusalem or medieval anywhere, and you’re good.
And somewhere, some dummy will believe this hogwash.
Hmmm, didn’t Jesus say He was the way, the truth, and the LIGHT?
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