The Shroud of Turin: Pious Forgery?
It's been mentioned to me several times that the Shroud of Turin is positive proof of Christianity. Seriously? Here's why that's ridiculous.
Links:
How to Fake a Shroud: • How to Fake the Shroud of Turin
Radiocarbon Dating Paper: (Link to download) http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/...
Possible Way to Fake a Shroud: http://phys.org/news/2005-06-turin-sh...
Christian claims shroud was bleached: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/7287936/ns/...
Skeptical Site on the Shroud with lots of info: http://freeinquiry.com/skeptic/shroud/
Additional reading recommended: with thanks to Philosopherking1:
Patricia C. "High Technology Meets the Spiritual: Objectivity, Popular Opinion, and the Shroud of Turin." Journal of Popular Culture 21.4 (1988): 13. ProQuest. Web. 8 Feb. 2017.
Orna, Mary Virginia. "Doing Chemistry at the art/archaeology Interface." Journal of chemical education 74.4 (1997): 373-6. ProQuest. Web. 8 Feb. 2017.
Extra: "Letters." Journal of chemical education 75.7 (1998): 803. ProQuest. Web. 8 Feb. 2017.