Computer graphics artists use Shroud of Turin images to create 3-D figure of crucified man (photo courtesy History Channel)
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Posted on 04/02/2010 1:16:24 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
3D-face creator says Shroud proves resurrection 'Jesus was more than just a spiritual event'
Ray Downing and John Jackson, a physics lecturer at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs who runs the Turin Shroud Center of Colorado (photo courtesy History Channel)
"People are not going to forget the face of Jesus this Easter," says Ray Downing, creator of the 3D computer technology that produced the "real face of Jesus" from the image of the crucified man in the Shroud of Turin. The image was seen in a highly watched History Channel special broadcast Tuesday. The program will be replayed Saturday night and Easter Sunday afternoon.
"Jesus was more than just a spiritual event," Downing said. "Studying the Shroud to produce the 3D face of Jesus, we encountered scientific evidence that the resurrection was a real physical event that happened in a moment of time 2,000 years ago."
In the two-hour documentary, Downing brought together science and religion by using cutting-edge computer technology to create a life-like image from the Shroud of Turin of the man millions have believed for centuries to be Jesus Christ.
The History Channel told WND the documentary was viewed by more than 2.2 million people, an 83 percent increase for the Tuesday 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern Time slot in which the documentary was first aired this week.
"The Shroud of Turin provides actual scientific proof that Jesus rose from the dead," Downing contended.
He said the shroud is encoded with a message undecipherable until the most recent advances of modern particle physics.
"Properly understood, the code contained in the Shroud of Turin records the moment of the resurrection," he said.
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Sorry, but a piece of cloth just will not prove Jesus’s resurrection. The most it could possibly prove is that a dead person was on it.
And I say this as a proud believer in the resurrection of Christ.
I don’t think it’s important. If you need scientific proof, then you don’t need faith. Besides, what Jesus looked like isn’t important either.
I agree, and the Shroud of Turin isn’t the real burial cloth of Jesus to begin with.
It’s the broiled fish that does it for me.
Happy Easter to all!
>>”Properly understood, the code contained in the Shroud of Turin records the moment of the resurrection,” he said.
I’m going to watch the show to see if they explain this. I don’t need scientific proof to believe, but it would be wonderful if proof existed.
I have a picture of Jesus on my wall that looks just like that. :-)
I don't entirely agree with that. His Incarnation was a real event, happened in the real world, he really walked around, ate, slept, preached, performed signs, was crucified, died, was buried, and rose from the dead.
He had a specific appearance, because He was really here. He was a man, not a woman; He was Jewish, not Chinese.
To say that what he looked like is unimportant could lead to suggesting that he wasn't real at all.
And I say this as a proud believer in the resurrection of Christ.
It all comes down to Faith. You either have it, or you don't.
I’ll be watching the history channel at 8PM on Saturday to see the special. I do not know what Christians of any stripe have to be afraid of. At worst, if disproven, you should still have your faith intact. If real, it will serve as a major buttressing to the Faith, and a starting point of curiosity for unbelievers. Bob
Not in the least. What does it matter what he looked like? Does it matter to you all that much beyond simple curiousity?
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Me too. But it is interesting..............like a good mystery novel..........
I watched it earlier this week. What struck me most is the attitude of the 3D modeler. He was visibly changed by this and was almost moved to tears a few times during this program. The work that he and his team put into this was quite thorough and lots of background on the shroud was included in the show. I found it very interesting.
I just think it matters to God that the image God sees in our hearts is that of his son Jesus. What we see isn’t as important as what God sees in us!
How else will Roman Catholics know to worship an image of Jesus in a grilled cheese sandwich or under a bridge if they don’t know what he looked like?
...first, when Thomas expressed his doubts in the resurrection, Christ did not declare him a heretic and drive him from the community; He offered him physical evidence. Christ's corporeal nature and human form is central to our faith.
Second, if for argument's sake, one allows that the shroud is authentic, one has to ask whether or not our Lord and Savior left it here merely to be ignored by the faithful...
You must have the Bible translation where Christ ran Thomas off as a heretic and non-believer. The story turns out differently in my copy.
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