Shroud, Questioning Its Authenticity

With Dr. Richard Sorensen. Shroud of Turin Website, https://shroud.com/

Links for Rich, YouTube videos: "Biblical Mysteries Explained"

https://www.youtube.com/@BiblicalMysteriesExplained

Article sites: academia.edu, researchgate.net, richardsorensen.com, unholygrail.net/blo

Watch this excellent film from David Rolfe, https://whocanhebe.com/Stream.html

Watch this excellent film from David Rolfe, https://whocanhebe.com/Stream.html

Link to download my PowerPoint, https://drjohncampbell.co.uk/

Shroud.com https://www.shroud.com/menu.htm

Shroudphotos.com https://shroudphotos.com

3D Image https://shroud3d.com/introduction/3d-studies-of-the-shroud-of-turin-history/

Shroud fabric https://www.shroud.com/pdfs/ssi3233part3.pdf

3D reconstruction https://www.shroud.com/pdfs/ssi3233part3.pdf

STURP conclusions https://www.shroud.com/78conclu.htm

Study on radiocarbon result https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0040603104004745

New dating study on X ray scattering https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/5/2/47

Polon studies https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:210758-1

The Shroud of Turin is purported to be the burial shroud of Jesus Christ, and its

authenticity has thus aroused intense and sometimes hostile debate between those who

believe that the Shroud is authentic, and those who do not. Accepting or rejecting the

authenticity of the Shroud is to many an issue of Christian or anti-Christian conviction.

This is especially true for anti-Christians - if the Shroud is a fake it doesn't really affect

the pro-Christian side, but if it is authentic then it is dramatic evidence in favor of it.

So the Shroud of Turin is the most highly and intensively studied artifact in the history of

the world. "Somewhere between 100,000 and 150,000 scientific man-hours have been

spent on it, with the best analytical tools available” according to one source.

2. Please note that this is not about "proof" in the scientific sense because it is not possible

to prove anything historical. For example, we can't prove that Julius Caesar lived, so

likewise we can't prove that the Shroud was the burial cloth of Christ. What we can do is

examine the evidence that supports or challenges that assertion. Regardless of conviction,

those who seriously seek to study the Shroud should approach it with an open mind and

suspend their religious persuasions as they examine the evidence, both pro and con.