Who all out there believes that the Shroud of Turin is genuine?

Question

I know I do.

Answer 1

Starting in 2003, new evidence began to appear in secular, peer-reviewed, scientific journals that supported the Shroud of Turin's authenticity. From these journals we learn that the outermost fibers of the cloth are coated with a layer of starch fractions and various saccharides. In places, the coating has turned into a caramel-like substance, thus forming the images. This suggests a chemical reaction took place. We learn, also, of a faint second image of the face on the backside of the cloth. The second face supports the idea of a chemical reaction and adds more proof that the image is not a work of art or a photograph. And in 2005, we learned that the carbon 14 dating was flawed. In fact we learned that the cloth could very well be 2000 years old.

Too many possibilities that tells us the it was real than anything else. It was not proven faux or a Hoax, and they are still testing it. It has been of display all over teh world, and the world is still marvel of what they found and still finding.

Answer 2

*** w89 1/15 p. 30 Insight on the News *** “Not By Sight” Recent scientific tests have confirmed that the Shroud of Turin is a 14th-century fake. Yet, “Catholics were encouraged to continue their veneration of the shroud as a pictorial image of Christ, still capable of performing miracles,” reports The New York Times. Anastasio Ballestrero, the archbishop of Turin, stated: “The exceptional evocative power of the image of Jesus Christ should be preserved.” What does this mean? It means that although the church has admitted that the stained image of a man’s body on the shroud is not that of Jesus Christ, faithful Catholics should nevertheless continue to view it as if it were the Christ and thus as something holy. Why? According to Adam Otterbein, a Roman Catholic priest in charge of the Holy Shroud Guild, relics like the shroud can assist believers to render honor to the one the image represents. It is not surprising that, despite its lack of authenticity, the shroud would remain a powerful symbol of faith for the Catholic Church. “Statues, paintings and icons . . . are given a revered place in Catholic practice,” notes The New York Times. Does the Bible support the use of such images in worship? No! God’s Word clearly says: “Flee from idolatry.” (1 Corinthians 10:14; compare Exodus 20:4-6.) Christians are admonished to worship God “with spirit and truth,” not with the help of some image or relic. (John 4:24) Appropriately, Paul wrote that true Christians “are walking by faith, not by sight.”—2 Corinthians 5:7.

Answer 3

I believe it's a real possibility that it's real. Some people discount it now because of the carbon dating, which placed it's beginning to th 13th or 14th century. But the cloth was saved from 2 different fires (it is even patched in a few plces because of the fire damage), and supposedly the heat could have interfered with the carbon dating process, giving a false date. One thoery is that Leonardo DaVinci forged it. But I don't see how he could have gotten everything so perfect. There are many facts about the shroud that make it seem authentic, yet it's kind of too amazing to believe. But I'm open. It would be cool if it is authentic. If it is, they say it's a picture of the moment of the resurrection, because the power source, whatever it was, something beyond radiation, caused a negative to appear on the cloth.
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Answer 4

I fully believe that it is genuine in that it depicts the image of a crucified male,now many have accepted the last carbon dating that showed it to be around the 1200-1500`s and so therefore could not be the image of Christ but that test was very flawed indeed, the samples that were used were taken from or near those areas that had suffered in the fire that almost destroyed it, and these areas of damage were repaired with other pieces of linen by Catholic Nuns back in medieval times that fit the last carbon dating.
no one has yet to determine how the shroud was made, and also the exact wounds and marks totally match the Gospel reports of the crucifixion of Jesus so accurately that even scientists are divided about the shroud.
I personally think that this is the wrapping cloth of Jesus, but even if it was fully proved not to be it would not affect my faith.

Answer 5

Anyone who believes that the Shroud of Turin is genuine, needs to re-evaluate their mental statues.

Answer 6

OK, so even Shakespeare has entered the debate. There are indeed more things between heaven and earth ...
As to the famous shroud:
I truly believe that there is a shroud.
I truly believe that it is genuine fabric and that it was produced more than a thousand years after the believers say.
(I know somebody who handled it and said it was clear that the textile couldn’t be that old)
I truly believe it is anyone’s own choice if they want to believe in this hoax or not.
Come on, let’s be tolerant.

I am a fervent atheist!

Answer 7

I believe it is not the burial cloth of Jesus. If you read the Biblical account of Jesus' burial clothes, it just does not agree with the Shroud of Turin.

Answer 8

The Shroud is the perfect image of the wounds Jesus bore with pollen from old ME on it and a x-ray like overtone. Did a non-believer go to this extreme to pull a hoax, a Christian put this much effort into deceiving to please God or it is real? Non-believers can't believe it can they?

Answer 9

Carbon data has proven it is not old enough to be the true shroud of Christ.

Answer 10

I do not think so.

The Jews use to rap (wined) people up in cloth, not just cover them as with a sheet.

Also there was a separate cloth to put over the face.