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The shroud of turin
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RE: The shroud of turin
What I don't get is why it matters.  Let's say the Shroud is proven to be a pious fraud, that all the things skeptics say about it turn out to be true and verifiable to the extent that even the most ardent authenticity supporters admit they got it wrong.  Do we imagine for one minute that this is going to damage anyone's belief in Jesus?

Similarly, if the Shroud were shown to be authentic (in that it is the burial cloth of the Jesus of the Gospel narrative), are we seriously to expect mass conversions to Christianity?  It would do nothing to prove the divinity of Jesus, or the miracles claimed for Jesus, or, well, anything other than that he was wrapped in this particular cloth.

The whole thing smacks of desperation.

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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The shroud of turin - by Otangelo - January 17, 2020 at 8:41 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by no one - January 17, 2020 at 8:44 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 17, 2020 at 8:45 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by Otangelo - January 18, 2020 at 8:21 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by Paleophyte - January 19, 2020 at 12:56 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 17, 2020 at 8:44 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by The Architect Of Fate - January 17, 2020 at 8:58 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by LadyForCamus - January 17, 2020 at 9:29 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by arewethereyet - January 17, 2020 at 9:38 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by ignoramus - January 17, 2020 at 9:38 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by Rev. Rye - January 17, 2020 at 9:41 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by onlinebiker - January 18, 2020 at 5:09 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by Rev. Rye - January 18, 2020 at 1:08 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by Otangelo - January 18, 2020 at 8:43 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by Abaddon_ire - January 19, 2020 at 12:21 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by Otangelo - January 23, 2020 at 8:31 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by Abaddon_ire - January 23, 2020 at 5:04 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by Gwaithmir - January 23, 2020 at 11:07 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by no one - January 17, 2020 at 9:45 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by Brian37 - January 17, 2020 at 9:46 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 17, 2020 at 10:00 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by Brian37 - January 17, 2020 at 10:28 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 18, 2020 at 6:45 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by The Valkyrie - January 18, 2020 at 3:37 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by LastPoet - January 18, 2020 at 6:09 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by Gawdzilla Sama - January 18, 2020 at 8:43 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by brewer - January 18, 2020 at 9:01 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by Mr Greene - January 18, 2020 at 11:01 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by Abaddon_ire - January 18, 2020 at 12:20 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by brewer - January 18, 2020 at 1:32 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by onlinebiker - January 18, 2020 at 2:29 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by ignoramus - January 18, 2020 at 7:44 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by The Architect Of Fate - January 18, 2020 at 8:40 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by The Architect Of Fate - January 18, 2020 at 8:47 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by no one - January 18, 2020 at 9:18 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by Rev. Rye - January 18, 2020 at 10:48 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by GUBU - January 19, 2020 at 7:24 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by Fake Messiah - January 19, 2020 at 7:49 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by Gwaithmir - January 19, 2020 at 10:29 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 19, 2020 at 10:59 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by Smedders - January 19, 2020 at 11:45 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by Gawdzilla Sama - January 19, 2020 at 3:07 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by The Grand Nudger - January 20, 2020 at 1:02 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by ignoramus - January 20, 2020 at 4:07 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 20, 2020 at 7:39 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by JackRussell - January 23, 2020 at 5:10 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 23, 2020 at 6:20 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by Fake Messiah - January 23, 2020 at 6:41 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by Mister Agenda - January 24, 2020 at 11:46 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by Fake Messiah - January 28, 2020 at 12:58 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by onlinebiker - January 28, 2020 at 1:55 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by Abaddon_ire - January 28, 2020 at 4:07 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by Fake Messiah - February 1, 2020 at 2:40 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by arewethereyet - February 1, 2020 at 3:04 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by Abaddon_ire - February 1, 2020 at 3:32 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by arewethereyet - February 1, 2020 at 3:46 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by Abaddon_ire - February 1, 2020 at 3:59 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by Abaddon_ire - January 28, 2020 at 1:27 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by Abaddon_ire - February 1, 2020 at 3:56 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by arewethereyet - February 1, 2020 at 3:57 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by The Grand Nudger - February 2, 2020 at 6:39 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 2, 2020 at 7:54 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by Gwaithmir - February 2, 2020 at 11:07 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by LastPoet - February 2, 2020 at 2:53 pm
RE: The shroud of turin - by Yongy50 - February 3, 2020 at 6:10 am
RE: The shroud of turin - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 3, 2020 at 8:10 am

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