Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: sc2d+@andrew.cmu.edu (Scott Timothy Cramer) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Shroud of Turin Message-ID: Date: 17 Jun 89 04:52:50 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 20 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu I am new to this bboard and just read the post about the Shroud of Turin. I did a research paper on the Shroud about two months ago, so I can provide some technical details on the Shroud. 1. It is definitely the burial shroud of someone - blood stains and computer analysis of the image show that it is *not* a painting, but an actual burial shroud. 2. The image on the Shroud is medically accurate - scourge marks on the back, nail holes in the wrists (*not* the hands), nail holes in the ankles, etc. It is a virtual match to the scripture's description of the Cruxifiction. 3. Radiocarbon dating of the Shroud has put it in the 1100's or so (+/- 100 years.) I don't think it is the burial shroud of Christ. But who would have been crucified in the 1100's in *exactly* the same manner as the description in the New Testament? A hoax? If so, someone died for it. Scott Cramer