A faith that requires a piece of cloth is not worth having.
How sad that so many require a piece of cloth of questionable origin to help justify their faith.
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How said a person would spend his time on earth attacking other believers.
the anti-faith, not Christianity, seems to be the one, that “requires” proof of the origins of the shroud of Turin
CS Lewis did not need the Shroud of Turin to be a Christian, neither do the rest of the world’s Christians
if it is proven a faux relic, the faith will go on even as the anti-faith rejoices in its seeming triumph
“A faith that requires a piece of cloth is not worth having.”
Gamecock,
A piece of cloth?
Is that how you describe the progress we have had in the first 2000 years after Christ?
Tell me, what kind of progress was there during the 2000 years before Christ?
Piles of rock that got progressively bigger?
Religions that commit animal sacrifice to cleanse them of their sins?
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1135491.html
I agree, but sometimes God presents us with miracles just because he loves us, and not because we "require" it. Suppose just for a moment, that Christ did leave us the shroud and it is 100% authentic. Do you think he would have done so out of pure whimsy or without some higher intent?
Even St. Thomas the Apostle required physical proof of Christ's resurrection, and Christ did not turn him away, but invited him to probe the wounds. Indeed Christ blessed those who, "have not seen, but still believe," but he didn't exactly run Thomas out of town, either.
I don't need the shroud at all for my faith, but it remains an intriguing anomaly, and if it has drawn but one skeptic out of himself and turned him to God saving his soul, it is indeed, imbued with a touch of the miraculous.
Far better to share the faith of Christ in the Church He founded for us: the Catholic Church.