Shroud of Turin

[Mudhammam]

So, the question of the Shroud's authenticity allows for two possibilities: Either it's the burial cloth of a genuine victim of Roman punishment or it once cloaked the figure Christians proclaimed to be the Messiah. Neither possibilities would establish anything regarding "supernatural" phenomena per se, though they would both be very historically significant, especially the latter. As to the likelihood that it's THAT Jesus, I've been told by believers that there appears to be markings that indicate wounds on the head (such as from a crown of thorns), as well as the body's side (such as from a piercing by a spear), and that the skeletal image shows no signs of broken bones. Can anyone confirm or deny? To me it seems speculative, but interesting nonetheless.

The thing I'm most interested in is how the image was created, as the negative image was only discovered in the 19th-century after the advent of photography.

-Min, I can't tell if that painting depicts the nails in the wrists (as they would have been) or hands (as popularly depicted).

- Stimbo, damn, the figure is that tall? (Also, look at the fucking schnoz... Christ. And is it just me or IF it was Jesus, does he look a lot older than thirty-three?).

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