Shroud of Turin experts say Gibson film sparks new interest in cloth

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CNS) -- The wide publicity and controversy surrounding Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" have brought a spike of new interest in the Shroud of Turin, which many believe was Jesus' burial cloth. John P. and Rebecca S. Jackson, who run the Turin Shroud Center of Colorado in Colorado Springs, and Barrie Schwortz, who runs the interactive Web site www.shroud.com, reported a significant increase in calls or visits since the movie came out. "This is normally a busy time of the year for us, but there's been about a 40 percent increase" in phone calls, said Rebecca Jackson, associate director of the center. A New York-born daughter of Orthodox Jews who is now Catholic, she is a specialist in Jewish historical migrations and cultural influences and has written and lectured on Jewish aspects of the shroud. Schwortz, a professional photographer, said that this March, for the first time, hits on his Web site in single month exceeded 1 million. "In addition to the dramatically increased Web traffic, incoming e-mail also rose to an all-time high, peaking at more than 1,000 e-mails per day," he said.

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[Agnes Heep]

For those who aren't aware of it, this image has been proven by expert examination to be formed through the dehydration and conjugation of the outermost (surface) fibrils of the threads of which the linen cloth is composed. The image is not formed by pigment. Whatever its origin, the Shroud is truly an enigma.

[Mike Bates]

A mystery shrouded in faith

[Cicero]

And, as has been often been pointed out, it resembles a photographic negative, something unknown until the 19th century.

Catholics are under no obligation to believe in the Shroud. I certainly wouldn't stake my salvation on it. But it's really impossible to explain as a fraud or a trick. When you rule out the impossible, you are left with the improbable.

And as the Bible says several times, "With God, all things are possible."

[corkoman]

I want to know what was in the Dead Sea Scrolls - why the hell have those been buried for so long???

[PeoplesRep_of_LA]

Wow, that's really weird. I was just reading this website all morning about the Shroud someone on here had linked to debunking a guy claiming Jesus didn't really suffer.http://www.gizapyramid.com/LECTURE-SHROUD1.htm Strange that I would see this. I will have to add another hit to www.shroud.com to see what they say.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Turin Shroud Center of Colorado

[Aquinasfan]

Until the movie, the frontal scourging marks never registered. I assumed that he was scourged only on his back.

[Dajjal]

Good site:

http://www.historian.net/shroud.htm
The Shroud of Turin
Genuine Artifact or Manufactured Relic?
by Jack Kilmon

[Swordmaker]

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[Alamo-Girl]

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