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Carbon Dating & The Shroud of Turin

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the templars-and-the-aliens-made-it dept.

BlackTyranny writes "The Shroud of Turin, carbon dated in 1978 by a team of scientists, may be far older than originally thought. Raymond N. Rogers, a retired chemist from the University of California-operated Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, part of the original team, used samples given to him in 2003 from the Cardinal of Turin's scientific advisor. Roger's contends that the carbon dating might be faulty because "the people who cut the sample didn't do a very good job of characterizing the samples," that is, taking samples from many areas of the cloth." I think the shroud 'Patch' may be made of the big foot suit. ;)

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  1. Dumbest. Editor. Evar. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "I think the shroud 'Patch' may be made of the big foot suit ;)"

    And we should care why?

  2. Re:Dumbest. Editor. Evar. by CmdrGravy · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Yes you have deluded yourself into believing in a fantasy which provides some meaning to your life by promising that there is possibly more to life than the one you live here on Earth.

    It's irrelevant what is written in the Gospels since the one certain thing which can be said about them is that they were written by people suffering the same delusions as you are. In fact though having been brought up as a Catholic and having attended Catholic schools, taken the sacrament of confirmation and been fully involved ni the Church I have studied the Gospels and that is largely why I believe what I do.

    If you can provide any evidence at all of life after death or the existence of god which is not simply based on faith then I will be happy to examine it and possibly change my mind.