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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. dating by dankelley · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, most of my dating is faulty also. Oh, carbon, you say. Nevermind.

  2. Hm... by HackNack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Scientific method:

    1. Characterization
    2. Hypothesis (a theoretical, hypothetical explanation)
    3. Prediction (logical deduction from the hypothesis)
    4. Experiment (test of all of the above)
    5. Conclusion (an objective conclusion based on #4)

    Dr. Raymond Rogers's Method

    1. Conclusion (It was Jesus's burial shroud)
    2. Characterization (What's that?)
    3. Hypothesis (Huh?)
    4. Prediction (We all know it was Jesus's)
    5. Experiment (Hmmm, let's pick a method that will ballpark the age better. 100,000 BC to 2005 CE GOOD! Hey, it's all good.)

  3. Re: Face imprint gives away the fake by Black+Parrot · · Score: 4, Funny


    > What about the genitalia? If the face image is preserved, why not the genitalia.

    Apparently even dead people are ashamed of their unmentionables. So much so that they cover themselves with their hands, even underneath their shrouds.

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