Shroud of Turin--new research

[A. believer]

There's been some fascinating research done by Nathan Wilson, son of Douglas Wilson, who "smelled a rat" with the Shroud of Turin and set out to solve the mystery of how it might have been produced. Of course, his research doesn't prove that the Shroud is a phony relic, but it does prove that there's a simple method by which it could have been made. And he's not even a scientist.

It's nice, too, that this was done by a Protestant rather than either a Roman Catholic or an atheist, either of whose worldviews are a little too closely linked to the authenticity of lack thereof of the shroud.

Shadow Shroud

 

[Theophorus]

Interesting. According to this link they know the substance that causes the darker places on the shroud. I do not know if the above is consistent with the info in this link, and how the sun bleaching the linen fibers would come into play given the coating on the shroud as claimed here.

http://www.christianforums.com/newreply.php

 

[A. believer]

Interesting. According to this link they know the substance that causes the darker places on the shroud. I do not know if the above is consistent with the info in this link, and how the sun bleaching the linen fibers would come into play given the coating on the shroud as claimed here.

http://www.christianforums.com/newreply.php

Your link isn't working.

 

[Theophorus]

opps, try this one

http://www.shroudforum.com/

 

[Paisley]

Even with all of the fantastic things about the Shroud... I still cannot believe it could be real. There are just as many facts that point to a fabrication of it as there are facts that seem to show it is real. So until all of the inconsistencies are resolved, I'll just have my doubts.

Father Brown had asked the right question, successfully removed an old paradigm full of apparent complexities and provided room enough for a new theory. And Ian Wilson, without being aware of having done so, has named the theory better than I ever could have: the Shadow Theory "Like a shadow cast on the cloth."