Is the Turin shroud for real, or is it a fake?

Answer 1

It's been carbon dated and shown to be fake.

Also, consider that in the Gospel of John (not sure of the verse) when they find the empty tomb after Jesus is risen, they find the cloth he was wrapped in neatly folded in one place, and the cloth his head was wrapped in is neatly folded in another place. It seems clear that he was wrapped in -two- pieces of cloth, not just the one shroud. And hey, that's in the Bible so how could it be wrong?

Answer 2

The shroud, measuring 14 ft, 4 inches by 3 ft, 7 inches has been Carbon dated in exams by laboratories in Oxford, Zurich and Arizona as courting from between 1260 and 1390. This has no longer been discredited and stands as genuine! Shrouds on the time of Jesus were 2 or 3 products and no record of a unmarried piece shroud has been chanced on! the textile of shrouds of the time were an uncomplicated unmarried weave. The Turin shroud is a much more suitable state-of-the-paintings double weave no longer chanced on in the previous the middle a lengthy time period! The shroud change into honestly replicated utilizing supplies chanced on to were utilized by Leonardo da Vinci who's known to were the faker! As Christianity's maximum disputed relics, it truly is locked away at Turin Cathedral in Italy and extra exams were refused. If it change into authentic why refuse attempt that ought to ensure that?! The Catholic Church does no longer declare the shroud is genuine nor that it truly is an argument of religion, yet says it may be a powerful reminder of Christ's interest. those who declare it truly is authentic tie it so heavily to Christianity that as further and extra evidence shows it to be a forgery and a hoax it truly is how Christianity will be considered!

Answer 3

Supposedly it's been proven a fake. But there are so many variables in testing anything it could be. Though I wouldn't count on it.

Try reading a novel called The Christ Clone Triology. It's kinda like The DaVinci Code in style only doing a take off on the Shroud of Turin & the end times. It's on my top 5 of all time reading material & I've been a big reader all my life.

Answer 4

It is my understanding that it has been proven to be a fake, though don't hold me to that.

I believe that God wants us to live by faith and not by sight. I do not need the Shroud of Turin to believe that Jesus rose from the dead. I don't believe God provides physical signs like that, or we would worship the sign rather than Him.

For what it's worth.

Answer 5

It's probably fake. The Bible said that Jesus' beard was plucked out, and the shroud shows a beard. There's a few other things that are missing or out of order, too.

Answer 6

Fake, John 20:7 says there was a separate cloth around his head., so not the burial cloth of Jesus

Answer 7

I dont know I've never studied it. I've heard scholars on both sides say it was real and dated to the first century, others who said it wasn't dated until the 13th century. When there is such a large gap like this, I prefer not to make a decision until I personally study it.

Answer 8

I like to think it's real.
The material that Our Lady of Guadeloupe was made on is cactus fibre that disintegrates after 30 - 50 years, yet it is still together after 500 years. I'm not sure the laws of science apply to something that clearly is outside of science. No one's been able to duplicate the process that made it appear as a negative (with so much detail). No one knows how it happened.

What would it mean to you if it WAS real?
(Kind of tickles the brain, doesn't it?)

Answer 9

the shroud has been carbon-dated to around 1350 ad.

if the shroud is for real, then the bible is bogus.

if the bible is for real, then the shroud is bogus.

(though both could be bogus of course).

Answer 10

Its probably fake. In Medieval times monasteries and churches competed to have the most impressive relics and they were often faked, so why not that one too?