The Holy Shroud
Posted on 07/04/2012 2:07:42 PM PDT by NYer
The Holy Shroud
The results of a recent study - completed by Italian scientist, Giuseppe Baldacchini - on the theory of annihilation, are said to prove the authenticity of the Shroud according to the current laws of physics
Marco Tosatti
Rome
Giuseppe Baldacchini is a physician who has worked for Italian research centre ENEA for a number of years. He is also a passionate scholar of that mysterious object which is the Holy Shroud of Turin and in recent days he has published a book about his findings, which readers can access by clicking on the following link. Of particular interest is a fascinating theory he has come up with to try to respond to a series of questions about how the image on the Shroud was formed and how the body which lay wrapped inside the winding sheet could have disappeared. Baldacchini presents two theories: one, that the Shroud is a medieval fake which is useful in worship rituals and/or religious propaganda in the Catholic Church, like many other relics. And two, that it is the genuine article and really did contain Jesus Christ’s body, making it a witness of his Resurrection.
“The Shroud is an old linen sheet, measuring 4,40x1, 10 sq m, which contains a number of marks including a front and back image of a body (IC) and organic and inorganic liquid stains. Over the past decades it was discovered that the IC is neither a drawing nor a picture created with known techniques. Indeed, some reddish stains were caused by human blood (Antonacci, 2000), (Wilson, 2010). Naturally we cannot yet exclude a fake so let us suppose that the Shroud is a medieval fake created by a brilliant forger who never existed on Earth and remains unknown today (Baldacchini, 2011). The supposed author/authors must have been familiar with some kind of technology or possessed certain information before these were even invented or published.” Baldacchini lists eleven crucial scientific elements which lead him to the conclusion that the Shroud is not a fake. These are too many to list here so we ask you to refer to the original text.
The scholar recalls that “The Shroud contains no traces of putrescent liquids or gases (these marks start to appear about 40 hours after the person’s death, so the body had disappeared from the shroud before then, but not too long before that judging by the blood stains which would have needed some time to form as a result of the liquefaction of the clotted blood, the process of haemolysis),” and that “The body was not removed from the Shroud manually (there are no signs of dragging that correspond with the blood stains).”
So how did the body disappear? Baldacchini’s response is this: “The only phenomenon in Physics that can lead to the complete disappearance of mass, producing an equivalent energy is the process known as matter-antimatter annihilation (AMA). Today, this can only be reproduced on a subatomic level in elementary particle laboratories but was a dominant occurrence straight after the Big Bang. That is, in the first instants of our universe’s existence.” The “annihilation theory” also satisfies the criteria of previous theories: “Indeed, only a small portion of the energy from the dead matter is released, while the body is completely annihilated and reappears almost exactly as it was before even outside the Shroud.” Previous theories are based on radiant energy (MEB) and the idea of the body being mechanically transparent (REB). These were completed by the “Consistent historical method” (CHM) theory. Said theories were all conceived in order to explain the body’s disappearance as it was not mechanically removed from the winding sheet. Therefore, Jesus Christ’s body becomes transparent for the Shroud, which satisfies the MTB theory, whilst releasing a limited amount of radiant energy, a requirement of the REB theory, without the problems presented by the HCM theory.”
Concluding his study, the physician states that: “The AMA theory tells us nothing, except that the body dematerialised inside the Shroud and instantly materialised again somewhere else, either dead or alive. This makes no difference to the laws of Physics as this way they do not contradict the evangelical texts which describe it as resurrected and therefore alive.” They also tally with the chemical and physical characteristics of the Holy Shroud. “I pushed the boundaries of current scientific knowledge but tried to remain within the laws of physics we are familiar with today, mainly the preservation of energy and the non preservation of some parameters that are essential in the elementary processes which form the basis of our universe’s existence,” the scholar concluded.
An entire body annihilated by anti-mater would release enough energy to vaporize all of the middle east.
The “annihilation theory” also satisfies the criteria of previous theories: “Indeed, only a small portion of the energy from the dead matter is released, while the body is completely annihilated and reappears almost exactly as it was before even outside the Shroud.”
Beam me up Scottie. What is he talking about.
We look for proof while God only desires faith.
Maybe it was just a miracle.
The glorified body of the risen Christ passed through the fabric of the shroud that first Easter Morning the exact same way it passed through the walls of the room where the disciples were hiding out when He entered the room without entering through the door.
Luke chapter 24 and John chapter 20 KJV.
Just another idol for the RCC cult to worship.
Amen.
We don’t worship relics we venerate them. Go do some serious reading on the RCC.
Thanks for the ping. Dematerialized in the tomb, leaving the marks on the Shroud; rematerialized in the Upper Room and elsewhere.
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The Mannopello Veronica has been proven to be a painting. It's attributed to Raphael and was written about and described in contemporaneous letters by Raphael in letters to Dürer in which both artists talked about the technique of creating self portraits on Byssus or Cambric cloth. The Mannoppello Veronica is a dead ringer for Raphael at age 26-30, the time he was experimenting with this technique, 100 years before the veil was donated by "a soldier who claimed to have stolen 'Veronica's Veil' from the Vatican"... Except the Vatican still has Veronica's Veil on display and has no reports of any theft or attempted theft!.
I do not need the shroud to believe but it is nice to have it available for non believers. OIF vet
I believe the Shroud was left here by Christ for those who would need it; just as Thomas needed to actually see the nail holes in His hands.
I don’t need the Shroud to believe, but I’m grateful He left it and I find it comforting to know it is there for us.
Thanks for the ping!
He's talking about theory; a wild guess...
He talks about the Annihilation Guess also satisfies the criteria of previous guesses:
The image on the Shroud is almost photographic in nature. That indicates an instantaneous phenomenon. The body's image was captured on the Shroud the microsecond before it left this mortal coil. All subsequent appearances of Christ were not of this Earth. Or of this dimension, I speculate.
Man can only hope to comprehend what took place that morning. In no way can we hope to know by what process it was done.
So ya figure then that he came out forward, went back in and then backed out in the other direction???
They got every thing don't they??? Next they'll be tellin' us the got the Throne that Jesus sits on in heaven...Poor Jesus has been standing there for a long time...Guess that's what their pope sits on...
Same difference...A rose by any other name is still a rose...
And Satan is a Romulan...
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