The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #147391   Message #3433807
Posted By: Steve Shaw
09-Nov-12 - 03:48 PM
Thread Name: BS: Alternative to Science??
Subject: RE: BS: Alternative to Science??
You're flailing again. You do know how radiocarbon dating works, do you? It's eminently repeatable, old chap. Do you have evidence of hopelessly inconsistent results that we don't know about? As for your other points, each and every one has been explained. That is not to say that there aren't mysteries surrounding this piece of fabric. But it's typical of religion to pick on what is far and away the most unlikely explanation of all and become fixated on it (and yes you do: the whole concept of God the creator falls into that category). Now I can't be certain that the shroud has nothing to do with Jesus but I've decided for myself that the likelihood of that being the case is so remote as to place it beneath my threshold of what's of interest. But that isn't to say I'm not interested in what the damn thing actually is. Sadly, I feel that you're not going to be the one to tell me. Do you think it really is the image of the dead Christ's real body?