NMA: The Shroud of Turin religious scam

Uploaded by NMATV on Dec 23, 2011

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Catholics have historically revered the shroud of Turin as a relic of Jesus Christ. But many believed that the shroud with the image of a man on it is actually a fake that dates from medieval times.

An Italian research team has come up with a controversial finding. According to their research, the image on the shroud could only have been made with a powerful burst of ultraviolet light. As the kind of technology necessary to generated this kind of light would not be available until recent times, This suggests the shroud is not a forgery.

But there are also scientific evidence pointing in the other direction: carbon dating of the shroud finds that it dates from 1260AD or later. The bible itself also says that Jesus was wrapped in two pieces of fabric after his death while the shroud of Turin is in one piece.

The debate over the shroud's authenticity will doubtlessly continue for many years to come. 

The first certain historical record dates about the shroud date from 1353 or 1357.In 1390 in Lirey, Francewhen Bishop Pierre d'Arcis wrote a memorandum to Antipope Clement VII, stating that the shroud was a forgery and that the artist had confessed.

The Catholic Church likely knows the shroud is a fake but in a period of declining church attendance, it has resurrected another story that the shroud in authentic.

In another couple of years, another cock 'n bull story will appear attesting to the authenticity of the shroud. Shroud stories create interest in the church. It's the church's version of advertising.

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