Greeks believed the universe was comprised of the Earth in the center of giant spheres

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The Greeks were perhaps the most advanced in terms of cosmology of all ancient cultures. We’re not really sure if the ANE cultures actually believed the universe to be shaped like a snowdome, but we do know the Greeks believed the universe was comprised of the Earth in the center of giant spheres. Although there …

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Long list of natural phenomena that were once attributed to the gods

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Diogenes wrote: ↑Mon Jul 11, 2022 10:48 pm There is a long list of natural phenomena that were once attributed to the gods. They now have scientific explanations: Lightning Earthquakes Rain Hail Snow Floods Volcanoes Beliefs and theories come and go. And pointing to erroneous beliefs held by people thousands of years ago would not …

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Blood stains have no evidence of any smearing, breakage, or cracking

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https://shroudphotos.com The blood stains have no evidence of any smearing, breakage, or cracking. No smears are evident in the blood traces. https://www.shroud.com/pdfs/doclist.pdf Bloodstains on the cloth exhibit a peculiar forensic characteristic in that they show no sign of being smeared while wet, or cracked and pulled apart while dry. These forensic characteristics of smearing or …

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Blood exudate

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More info that the majority of the blood stains is from blood exudate: We have shown that [the blood] must have been taken from the exudate of a clot at a certain point in the clotting process. An artist would therefore have needed the exudate from the wounds of a severely tortured man, or baboon, …

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Summary of arguments against McCrone and his findings

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Summary of arguments against McCrone and his findings: 1. McCrone might’ve believed he was on the STURP team, but in actuality he was not. viewtopic.php?p=1117304#p1117304 2. McCrone only studied from 32 sticky tape samples, which would be a very small subset of the entire shroud. viewtopic.php?p=1117304#p1117304 3. Though McCrone believed the TS was painted, he …

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Chemical tests confirm real blood

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As for detection of albumin, it is not the only evidence of blood. Heller and Adler performed a battery of chemical tests to analyze the blood, with several pointing to it being human/primate blood. To summarize, they found: – Proteins: fluorescamine testing, FTIR microspectrometry and proteases testing. – Albumin of primate origin: microchemical testing, immunological …

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I do not know whether the amount of iron oxide present is sufficient to explain the entire image

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For my position, I do not discount McCrone finding iron oxide and vermilion particles on the shroud. The question is – is it sufficient to account for all of the body image and the blood stains? Again, even McCrone admits he cannot demonstrate this scientifically: I am not saying the Shroud is not authentic. I …

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