![]() In a paper published in February 2014, Alberto Carpinteri and his research team from the Laboratory of Fracture Mechanics in Italy claim that both the carbon-14 date and the image could have been the result of naturally occurring neutron radiation from an earthquake said in both biblical and non-biblical sources to have occurred at the time of resurrection. Two recent pieces of scientific work point in this direction. Genuine But NaturalĪ third explanation has gained some scientific favor in recent years: the shroud may be the genuine burial cloth of Christ, but the image has a natural explanation. 6 They point to the lack of medieval technology to support their belief that it is not a manmade image. Those who promote the view that the shroud is authentic and miraculous believe that medieval forgers would not have had the ability to produce such a stunning piece of photographic-type imagery. Those who hold to this view contend that the miracle left behind evidence in the form of radiation and that the accuracy of the carbon-14 dating was compromised by contamination of the cloth. The traditional and opposing explanation is that the shroud is genuine, and the image is some form of supernatural burst of light that occurred when Christ was brought back from the dead. Many modern Christians, both Protestant and Catholic, regard the Shroud of Turin as just another fraudulent relic, especially since the carbon-14 analysis showed it to have originated during a period rife with the veneration of relics. ![]() The Protestant Reformation originated in part due to superstitions and the shameless hawking of religious relics said to be body parts of saints and pieces of the “true cross.” 4 To them, the shroud is but one of hundreds of venerated objects remaining from the once-burgeoning commercial trade in relics from medieval Catholicism. Bolstered by the C-14 dating from 1988, virtually all skeptics of the resurrection and many evangelical Christians lean in this direction. One explanation is that the cloth and image are medieval forgeries-albeit very well done forgeries. Explanations of the incredibly detailed image of a bloodied six-foot-tall man cluster into three categories. Still, the question of the authenticity of the shroud is a topic that intrigues people of all backgrounds. Instead, the empty tomb the testimony of eye witnesses to the risen Christ the failure of alternative explanations by skeptics and the radically changed lives of those who talked, ate, and saw Jesus ascend back into the clouds give believers sufficient hope for tomorrow and power for today. The stakes are as high today as they were two millennia ago when the Apostle Paul confessed to the church in Corinth, “If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile you are still in your sins.” 2īut few Christians base their belief in the resurrection on whether the Shroud of Turin is authentic. ![]() To be sure, Christianity stands or falls on the truth of the resurrection. Now the prevailing belief in the secular media and academia is that the shroud is a hoax.īut is it really? And, if so, how would this affect the evidence that Christ indeed rose from the dead as portrayed in Scripture? The Shroud and the Resurrection 1 This date, more than 1,200 years after the death of Christ, was widely reported as definitive. However, the verdict from the carbon-14 (C-14) test put the date of the shroud at between 12 CE. ![]() Said to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ, the shroud contains the unmistakable image of a man with wounds consistent with those endured by Jesus in the crucifixion accounts in the Bible. In October 1988, members of the international media gathered expectantly at the British Museum in London to hear the verdict from science on the authenticity of one of Christianity’s most famous relics: the Shroud of Turin. ![]()
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