Marvin Mueller’s Critical Appraisal

Comments on “The Shroud of Turin:A Critical Appraisal” by Marvin M. Mueller Published in Skeptical Inquirer Spring 1982 https://cdn.centerforinquiry.org/wp-con … 23/p17.pdf Mueller correctly notes modern science has roots in natural theology. Early in the four-century history of modern science, a dominant motive for doing “natural philosophy” was usually cut from the cloth of “natural theology”—worshipping …

Coins over eyes

pm https://www.theholyshroud.net/Coins.htm C10) There is the image of an identified coin (dilepton lituus) on the right eye (Filas 1982; Haralick 1983; Barbesino 1997) . C11) There is an image of another identifiable coin (Pilate lepton simpulum) over the left eye (Balossino 1997; Barbesino 1997). https://shroud.com/pdfs/doclist.pdf The two suspected coins placed on the eyes are believed …

Flower images

Alan and Mary Whanger https://shroud3d.com/research-on-the-3d … oam-danin/ Another type C claim is imprints of flowers are found on the shroud. C26) A crown of thorns with stalks and flowers is visible on the TS (Whanger 2000). https://shroud.com/pdfs/doclist.pdf Alan Whanger is the primary person claiming this. Dr. Alan Whanger, the Duke University psychiatry professor who developed …

Pollen

The late Dr. Max Frei, noted Swiss criminologist, takes sticky tape samples from the Shroud of Turin. Dr. Frei pressed the tape onto the cloth with his thumb, causing dust, pollen and other particulate matter to stick to the tape and be lifted from the fibers of the Shroud. Dr. Frei claimed he found pollen …

Synopsis argument the TS is the burial cloth of Jesus Christ

Synopsis of argument the Shroud of Turin is the burial cloth of Jesus Christ: What is the Shroud of Turin? The Shroud of Turin is a centuries old linen cloth that bears the image of a crucified man. https://www.shroud.com/ Shroud of Turin, also called Holy Shroud, Italian Santa Sindone, a length of linen that for …

Galatians 3:1 – portrayed before your very eyes as having been crucified

A common charge against the shroud, particularly by Christians, is why is there no explicit mention of a shroud with the image of Jesus on it in the Bible? Earlier I mentioned there’s 4 possible reasons: – burial shrouds were considered unclean by the Jews – the shroud was kept secret so it could not …

Symbolism in Bible

Symbolism is used throughout the Bible. Many things are referred indirectly and not directly. For those who are programmers, this is like using pointers instead of using direct references for variables. The “pointer” and “reference” both are used to point or refer an another variable. But, the basic difference among both of them is that …