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Old 28th December 2015, 02:17 PM   #2241
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Originally Posted by Jabba View Post
- At this point, I don't think that I can honestly apply "probably" -- but, I do still give the shroud a 50/50 chance of being authentic...
Totally absurd, considering that you have admitted you have no direct evidene.

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- Obviously, I still want it to be authentic. Whatever, I still want to know the truth about it. And also, I still think that we humans need to develop an effective method of public debate -- that I have at least the beginnings of such a method -- and, that the shroud controversy makes for a perfect subject for analyzing the ins and outs of debate.
What makes you think the method of debate can change the FACT of whether the shroud is authentic or not? The fact is a fact, no matter how it is discussed, or even if it isn't discussed at all.

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- And, as you already know, I believe that my method hasn't worked so far because you guys won't let me apply it fully. But then, I also think that I may be learning how to skirt your obstacles... We'll see.
Jabba, what makes you think you get to decide how a debate is undertaken here? Is this your forum? Are you in a position of majority here? Are you in a position of authority here?

Obviously the answer to all three is NO. You have to take what you can get, or get out.

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Old 28th December 2015, 03:15 PM   #2242
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Jabba, please present you evidence that makes you think there is a 50/50 chance the CUQ covered the body of the person you think of as Jesus. What is it that makes you think this?
Oh, right. Like that has the remotest chance of happening.
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Old 28th December 2015, 08:41 PM   #2243
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Originally Posted by Kid Eager View Post
Oh dear.

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Moreover, the use of the word "controversy" is somewhat amusing in the context of this thread. A cynic might conclude that the purpose of your bluff and bluster is to create the appearance of controversy when none exists, so that you can point at it and proclaim the issue unresolved. Such a tactic is well within the behavioral parameters you've already demonstrated in this thread.
Bingo.
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Old 28th December 2015, 09:15 PM   #2244
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Originally Posted by Jabba View Post
<snip to remove content that was, apparently, moderated while I was composing>
My Dear Mr. Savage:

I am sorry to say that this last post of yours contains many things to which a reasonable person will, even must, object.

First, I remind you that you do not have "multiple opponents"; you have only one: reality.

Second, I beleive that you are misusing the term, "colleagues". There are as many reasons to point out the errors in your apporach and your reasoning as there are people doing so. You may, in fact, feel as if a vast group of posters are allied against you; in fact, there is no such alliance.

Third, you have yet to provide a single bit of evidence that positively indicates that the CIQ is ~2000 years old. You have made a habit of continued equivocation, ignoring the demonstrable fact that casting unsupported aspersions on the 14C date, or calumniating Mme F-L and Dr. McCrone, do nothing to indicate a 1st Century C.E. date for the CIQ; nor do they undermine a mid-13th Century C.E. date. The 14C dating is a consistent part of a bigger pattern: the cloth itself, the style of the representative (and, I remind you, undistorted) image, the hisotrical record, the papal declaration of fraud; all of these and more point to a medieval date. You have yet to provide any evidence that says otherwise. Please do be aware that conjectures about "...patching..." or the Whangers' fanciful pareidolia are not evidence of a 1st Century C.E. date. (NB: even if the "coins" [for instance] that the Whangers claim to be able to identify were, in fact, images of 1st Century C.E. coins, that only provides a limit on how old the CIQ could be. I could be buried tomorrow with a 1st Centiry C.E. coin in my pocket...)

Fourth, and very telling, you do not listen when it is explained to you why your sources (sources, it pains me to add, that you often have not even read) do not constitute evidence. As mentioned above, merely speculating about supposed weaknesses of the 14C date does nothing to indicate that the CIQ is ~2000 years old. Smearing Dr. McCrone and Mme F-L does nothing to indicate that teh CIQ is ~2000 years old. You really, really ought to consider presenting what positive evidence you have.

Fifth, your "branch about your "Effective Debate" technique would, in fact, be unsupportably off-topic for this thread. I, for one, will report any attempt at such a derail, and will agitate to have it removed form the thread. You had the opportunity to demonstrate your "Effective Debate" technique, in an unprecedented, protected, and moderated thread; a thread you, personally, abandoned. I wonder why it is that you have not admitted to, and attempted to explain, your actions there. If you must do so, please conduct that "branch" in a separate thread. Before you begin, do consider your experiences in your "immortality" thread(s), and in your "Effective Debate" threads; and ponder whether you have the resources to assay two discussions at once.

In my humble opinion, what you really ought to do is find, and present, positive evidence (empirical, objective, testable, practical evidence, attested to by neutral scholars) that the CIQ is, in fact, ~2000 years old. Without that, all the rest is vanities (saith the ex-preacher).

I continue to remain,

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Old 29th December 2015, 04:10 AM   #2245
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Originally Posted by Slowvehicle View Post

Third, you have yet to provide a single bit of evidence that positively indicates that the CIQ is ~2000 years old. You have made a habit of continued equivocation, ignoring the demonstrable fact that casting unsupported aspersions on the 14C date, or calumniating Mme F-L and Dr. McCrone, do nothing to indicate a 1st Century C.E. date for the CIQ; nor do they undermine a mid-13th Century C.E. date.
The confusing system of Jabba's reasoning doesn't clarify the main stream of current sindonism: 90% of sindonists efforts are dedicated to disqualify the 14C dating. Sophisticated theories, such as the bio-plastic layer (Garza-Valdés), vanillin dating (Rogers), mechanical dating (Fanti) or invisible mending (Marino and Bedford) are developed with this aim. We have a new theory every month. There are two "curious" circumstances: they are mutually incompatible and there is not a sindonist consensus after more of 30 years of attempts. This is a serious objection against the critics of the radiocarbon dating 1988.

The sindonists usually reply that the sceptics have a similar problem: they cannot explain how the image of the shroud was made. They are unable to do a satisfactory reply with medieval resources. There is not a sceptical consensus about this question.

I think this is the strongest position of sindonism. Is it really strong?
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Old 29th December 2015, 04:36 AM   #2246
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Originally Posted by David Mo View Post
The confusing system of Jabba's reasoning doesn't clarify the main stream of current sindonism: 90% of sindonists efforts are dedicated to disqualify the 14C dating. Sophisticated theories, such as the bio-plastic layer (Garza-Valdés), vanillin dating (Rogers), mechanical dating (Fanti) or invisible mending (Marino and Bedford) are developed with this aim. We have a new theory every month. There are two "curious" circumstances: they are mutually incompatible and there is not a sindonist consensus after more of 30 years of attempts. This is a serious objection against the critics of the radiocarbon dating 1988.

The sindonists usually reply that the sceptics have a similar problem: they cannot explain how the image of the shroud was made. They are unable to do a satisfactory reply with medieval resources. There is not a sceptical consensus about this question.

I think this is the strongest position of sindonism. Is it really strong?

If it is the strongest position of sindonism then it shows just how pathetically weak the sindonist position is!
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Old 29th December 2015, 05:18 AM   #2247
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Originally Posted by David Mo View Post
The confusing system of Jabba's reasoning doesn't clarify the main stream of current sindonism: 90% of sindonists efforts are dedicated to disqualify the 14C dating. Sophisticated theories, such as the bio-plastic layer (Garza-Valdés), vanillin dating (Rogers), mechanical dating (Fanti) or invisible mending (Marino and Bedford) are developed with this aim. We have a new theory every month. There are two "curious" circumstances: they are mutually incompatible and there is not a sindonist consensus after more of 30 years of attempts. This is a serious objection against the critics of the radiocarbon dating 1988.

The sindonists usually reply that the sceptics have a similar problem: they cannot explain how the image of the shroud was made. They are unable to do a satisfactory reply with medieval resources. There is not a sceptical consensus about this question.

I think this is the strongest position of sindonism. Is it really strong?
No, it is not a strong position, at all. The committed sidonist acts as if casting enough ungrounded aspersion upon the 14C date demonstrates support for "authenticity"; when, in reality, if the 14C dating had never been done there is still no indication, none, that the CIQ is ~2000 years old.

And, as has been pointed out to Mr. Savage, even if the CIQ were conclusively demonstrated to be ~2000 years old, that does nothing to address all of the other deficiencies of the image.
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Old 29th December 2015, 05:53 AM   #2248
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Old 29th December 2015, 12:28 PM   #2249
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Oh dear.

You still seem to be operating under the delusion that debate is the correct method to use, and that your variant of debating is the best way to go about it.

Once again: debate is a method that uses rhetoric to sway an opinion, not a method for weighing evidence to arrive at a conclusion.

Moreover, the use of the word "controversy" is somewhat amusing in the context of this thread. A cynic might conclude that the purpose of your bluff and bluster is to create the appearance of controversy when none exists, so that you can point at it and proclaim the issue unresolved. Such a tactic is well within the behavioral parameters you've already demonstrated in this thread.
I am that cynic.
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Oh dear.

You still seem to be operating under the delusion that debate is the correct method to use, and that your variant of debating is the best way to go about it.

Once again: debate is a method that uses rhetoric to sway an opinion, not a method for weighing evidence to arrive at a conclusion.

Moreover, the use of the word "controversy" is somewhat amusing in the context of this thread. A cynic might conclude that the purpose of your bluff and bluster is to create the appearance of controversy when none exists, so that you can point at it and proclaim the issue unresolved. Such a tactic is well within the behavioral parameters you've already demonstrated in this thread.
Once again Jabba, Airline pilots don't consider what the Flat Earth Society thinks when they plan their route from Frankfurt to Seattle. Having an objection and it being meaningful aren't the same thing.
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Old 29th December 2015, 02:07 PM   #2251
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There is no engagement from Jabba with his critics therefore no debate.

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Old 29th December 2015, 02:41 PM   #2253
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Seven-day break, folks.
I have mixed feelings that he got suspended for a response to one of my posts.
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Old 29th December 2015, 03:59 PM   #2254
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I have mixed feelings that he got suspended for a response to one of my posts.
I doubt it- it was just the same old same old. Don't feel bad (assuming that this describes one of your mixed feelings, rather than a mix of elation and pride, for example). If "body of work" applies to any one, it certainly applies to the aggregate of Jabba's posts.
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Old 29th December 2015, 04:44 PM   #2255
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I doubt it- it was just the same old same old. Don't feel bad (assuming that this describes one of your mixed feelings, rather than a mix of elation and pride, for example). If "body of work" applies to any one, it certainly applies to the aggregate of Jabba's posts.
My mixed feelings are between "ha ha" and being bummed about seven days of not poking the bear. You see, deep down, I'm very shallow.
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Old 29th December 2015, 06:20 PM   #2256
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Seven-day break, folks.
Cool Hand Jabba spends a week in the box.
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Old 29th December 2015, 06:24 PM   #2257
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Old 30th December 2015, 02:24 AM   #2258
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Originally Posted by wollery View Post
If it is the strongest position of sindonism then it shows just how pathetically weak the sindonist position is!
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No, it is not a strong position, at all.
Well, you can say "the less weak".
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The committed sidonist acts as if casting enough ungrounded aspersion upon the 14C date demonstrates support for "authenticity"; when, in reality, if the 14C dating had never been done there is still no indication, none, that the CIQ is ~2000 years old.

And, as has been pointed out to Mr. Savage, even if the CIQ were conclusively demonstrated to be ~2000 years old, that does nothing to address all of the other deficiencies of the image.
I am afraid I have not explained it correctly. The argument arises in the context of a pragmatic conception of scientific truth.

A scientific theory is verified when produces accurate predictions and affords manipulate (control) the things. There is not any scientific theory about the shroud that has been able to produce an exact replica of the Shroud with medieval resources. This situation goes on from a century and after more than ten failed attempts of replying it. Therefore, the Shroud is unavailable to science.

Obviously this doesn’t refute directly the 1988 dating, but introduces the mystery and opens the way to alternative knowledge.

This line of reasoning seems to me harder than the efforts to invalidate the 1988 dating.
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There is not any scientific theory about the shroud that has been able to produce an exact replica of the Shroud with medieval resources.
The best that could be done, even with full knowledge of how the original was created, would be to produce an exact replica of the Shroud as it looked when it was originally created 800 years ago. You would then need to wait 800 years, during which you would need to subject your replica to the identical environments and treatments the original underwent, before you could reasonably expect it to be an exact replica.

We cannot produce an exact replica of any centuries old art work as it looks now. We cannot deduce anything about such art works from that fact.
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Seven-day break, folks.
Not very long ago, I mentioned that we might be approaching a melt-down. Seems Jabba is aiming for a suicide by moderator. During the last several weeks, Jabba has made no attempt at all at any kind of argument. Instead, he has made diversions, attacked the form, and lamented that he is overwhelmed by enemies.

Once he achieves a banning, he can enjoy martyrdom with his friends, claiming that he was ganged up upon and silenced because skeptics did not want to have an effective debate[tm] .

Sad.

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There is not any scientific theory about the shroud that has been able to produce an exact replica of the Shroud with medieval resources.
The reason is that there is not enough data. Science has not has unhindered access to the shroud, so we cannot make a conclusive theory about how it was made. We cannt even know what it may have looked like when it was new.
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Obviously this doesn’t refute directly the 1988 dating, but introduces the mystery and opens the way to alternative knowledge.
It does not refute the C14 dating at all. It doesn't even weaken it. There are probably more medieval artefacts that we cannot precisely replicate than ones we can.

It does not open the way to alternative knowledge. Just to baseless speculation.

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Old 30th December 2015, 11:00 AM   #2262
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A scientific theory is verified when produces accurate predictions and affords manipulate (control) the things. There is not any scientific theory about the shroud that has been able to produce an exact replica of the Shroud with medieval resources. This situation goes on from a century and after more than ten failed attempts of replying it. Therefore, the Shroud is unavailable to science.



Obviously this doesn’t refute directly the 1988 dating, but introduces the mystery and opens the way to alternative knowledge.


No, it would open the way to never-ending Shround-of-the-gaps assertions by Shroudies. Can you imagine a replica sufficiently faithful to the original such that a dedicated Shroudie would accept it? I can't, and I don't think that I'm being the least bit cynical.

ETA: OK, yes, considering the definition it is cynical. But I think it's reasonable based on my experience in this thread.



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Well, you can say "the less weak".

I am afraid I have not explained it correctly. The argument arises in the context of a pragmatic conception of scientific truth.

A scientific theory is verified when produces accurate predictions and affords manipulate (control) the things. There is not any scientific theory about the shroud that has been able to produce an exact replica of the Shroud with medieval resources. This situation goes on from a century and after more than ten failed attempts of replying it. Therefore, the Shroud is unavailable to science.

Obviously this doesn’t refute directly the 1988 dating, but introduces the mystery and opens the way to alternative knowledge.

This line of reasoning seems to me harder than the efforts to invalidate the 1988 dating.
1. As already mentioned, to duplicate the SOT now could only produce a young SOT replica, which would differ from the old SOT if only for that reason.

2. If you actually look at the claims of the pro-authenticity SOT advocates, the things about the SOT that they claim cannot be reproduced are in fact not true of the SOT itself- they exist only in their imaginations. Example: "The original image was created without the use of paint/pigment" so they claim that one would have to reproduce such an image without paint or pigment. Well, there is a lot of evidence that the original has pigment/paint on it.

3. As mentioned many times, even if one were to throw up one's hands and state that the Shroud could not be duplicated today, that doesn't mean that it is Christ's burial shroud in any way. Let's even say only a miracle could create the SOT (not true, but okay for argument): then it could any miracle- an image of a very virtuous knight in 1203 AD, an image of Mohammed, an image of a graveyard marker created by a ghost, etc. Even more- duplication is not a requirement for a scientific assessment. We can't duplicate a supernova, or even understand exactly what happens during the event, but science fully accepts supernovas.

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Martyred by the Mods? Yes, possibly that's Jabba's intent, whether altogether consciously or otherwise.

Could it happen to a nicer guy?
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1. As already mentioned, to duplicate the SOT now could only produce a young SOT replica, which would differ from the old SOT if only for that reason.
Also, it's been done:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe....turin.shroud/

Anyone claiming the shroud can't be replicated is either lying or hasn't done their research.
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Well, you can say "the less weak".

I am afraid I have not explained it correctly. The argument arises in the context of a pragmatic conception of scientific truth.

A scientific theory is verified when produces accurate predictions and affords manipulate (control) the things. There is not any scientific theory about the shroud that has been able to produce an exact replica of the Shroud with medieval resources. This situation goes on from a century and after more than ten failed attempts of replying it. Therefore, the Shroud is unavailable to science.

Obviously this doesn’t refute directly the 1988 dating, but introduces the mystery and opens the way to alternative knowledge.

This line of reasoning seems to me harder than the efforts to invalidate the 1988 dating.
I'm sorry. I don't understand the point you are trying to make.
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Originally Posted by Giordano View Post
2. If you actually look at the claims of the pro-authenticity SOT advocates, the things about the SOT that they claim cannot be reproduced are in fact not true of the SOT itself- they exist only in their imaginations. Example: "The original image was created without the use of paint/pigment" so they claim that one would have to reproduce such an image without paint or pigment. Well, there is a lot of evidence that the original has pigment/paint on it.
A “ lot of evidence”? I know only one: McCrone enquiry that was denied by Adler.
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3. As mentioned many times, even if one were to throw up one's hands and state that the Shroud could not be duplicated today, that doesn't mean that it is Christ's burial shroud in any way. Let's even say only a miracle could create the SOT (not true, but okay for argument): then it could any miracle- an image of a very virtuous knight in 1203 AD, an image of Mohammed, an image of a graveyard marker created by a ghost, etc.
I agree. But the door is still open to the miracle or paranormal effects. (I don't believe in miracles or paranormal. I am intending to close de door).
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Even more- duplication is not a requirement for a scientific assessment. We can't duplicate a supernova, or even understand exactly what happens during the event, but science fully accepts supernovas.
You are right, but in the case of astronomy the control is largely replaced by prediction. This is not the case of the Shroud of Turin. Even more, in astrology we have some evident reasons that hamper the manipulation (large scale of the objects). This is not the case of the Shroud of Turin.

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Originally Posted by godless dave View Post
Also, it's been done:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe....turin.shroud/

Anyone claiming the shroud can't be replicated is either lying or hasn't done their research.
Garlaschelli's replica is not identical to the Shroud of Turin. Some features (superficiaity and placing of the blood stains) are different.
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The best that could be done, even with full knowledge of how the original was created, would be to produce an exact replica of the Shroud as it looked when it was originally created 800 years ago. .
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The reason is that there is not enough data. (...)

It does not open the way to alternative knowledge. Just to baseless speculation.

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I agree,but the correct answer to both arguments is scepticism: we don't know anything about the Shroud, except its date. The science has nothing to say about the Shroud of Turin. This explains the constant attacks against the 14C dating.

My question: Is there any non scientific argument against the authenticity of the Shroud? Is there some kind of non sicentific argument in favour of the painting theory?

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I agree,but the correct answer to both arguments is scepticism: we don't know anything about the Shroud, except its date. The science has nothing to say about the Shroud of Turin. This explains the constant attacks against the 14C dating.

My question: Is there any non scientific argument against the authenticity of the Shroud? Is there some kind of non sicentific argument in favour of the painting theory?
There are manifold arguments againt authenticity, and in favor of the painting (or daubing, or block transfer) theories; many of them tend to overlap.

To delineate but a few:

1. There is no reliable record of the CIQ (Cloth In Question) before the 13th Century C.E. (or so).

2. The CIQ was declared a clever work of art by a pope, who claimed to know the identity of the painter.

3. The linen of the CIQ resembles cloths of the mid-13th Century C.E. to a far greater extent than it resembles any fabric known to date from the first Century C.E.

4. The image on the CIQ shows none of the distortion and lateral expansion that would result from being wrapped around a three-dimensional object.

5. The CIQ does not, in any way, match the description of the "strips" of linen said to be said to have been wrapped around the body of MJ.

6. The supposed preparation of the body does not match the known funerary practices of the 1st Centutry C.E.; if the body had been washed and prepared according "the customs of the Jews", it would not have still been bleeding.

7. The representational image on the CIQ matches the Byzantine style of exaggeration and elongation.

8. The representational image is anatomically ridiculous, form the length of the arms to the representations of the hands and on to the distinctly european cast of the features.

9. The representational image is posturally impossible; the "shroud slough" cannot be duplicated by an actual body lying on a flat surface.

10. The "hair" of the representational image falls neatly toward the feet, as if the body were presented erect, instead of falling behind the head as would happen with an actual, supine body.

11. There are reasons to question whether the HJ (even had he been a "nazarite" would have had, in fact, long, flowing, straight hair).

12. The images of "blood" on the CIQ are represented as flowing in directions that ignore the fct of gravity.

13. The images of "blood" on the CIQ are represented as flowing in ways that ignore capillary action and fluid dynamics, as well as the adsorptive interaction of actual hair and actual blood.

14. The substances detected on the CIQ are consistent with common medieval pigments, sizes, and gessoes.

...and so on.

Some of those may be too "scientific" to fulfill your request; but all are, in fact, consistent with and/or indicative of a medieval image rendered on a sized and gessoed surface.

The arguments for "authenticity" are, in essence, pareidoilia (The Whangers claim to be able to identify 1st Century C.E. coins laid on the eyes of the "body"); calumny ("Mme. F-L was incompetent, dishonest and part of the conspiracy"); or fabulous special pleading ("a burst of 'resurrection energy' suspended the corpse between the sheets, while much of the actual 14C was transmuted to 14N by 'neutron irradiation' "). Their common characteristic is that they are driven by the assumed consequent, rather than by evidence.
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So, Slowvehicle, what do you think?



Well played! Good Form!

You wins one internetz.

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Originally Posted by Slowvehicle View Post
There are manifold arguments againt authenticity, and in favor of the painting (or daubing, or block transfer) theories; many of them tend to overlap.

To delineate but a few:

1. There is no reliable record of the CIQ (Cloth In Question) before the 13th Century C.E. (or so).

2. The CIQ was declared a clever work of art by a pope, who claimed to know the identity of the painter.

3. The linen of the CIQ resembles cloths of the mid-13th Century C.E. to a far greater extent than it resembles any fabric known to date from the first Century C.E.

4. The image on the CIQ shows none of the distortion and lateral expansion that would result from being wrapped around a three-dimensional object.

5. The CIQ does not, in any way, match the description of the "strips" of linen said to be said to have been wrapped around the body of MJ.

6. The supposed preparation of the body does not match the known funerary practices of the 1st Centutry C.E.; if the body had been washed and prepared according "the customs of the Jews", it would not have still been bleeding.

7. The representational image on the CIQ matches the Byzantine style of exaggeration and elongation.

8. The representational image is anatomically ridiculous, form the length of the arms to the representations of the hands and on to the distinctly european cast of the features.

9. The representational image is posturally impossible; the "shroud slough" cannot be duplicated by an actual body lying on a flat surface.

10. The "hair" of the representational image falls neatly toward the feet, as if the body were presented erect, instead of falling behind the head as would happen with an actual, supine body.

11. There are reasons to question whether the HJ (even had he been a "nazarite" would have had, in fact, long, flowing, straight hair).

12. The images of "blood" on the CIQ are represented as flowing in directions that ignore the fct of gravity.

13. The images of "blood" on the CIQ are represented as flowing in ways that ignore capillary action and fluid dynamics, as well as the adsorptive interaction of actual hair and actual blood.

14. The substances detected on the CIQ are consistent with common medieval pigments, sizes, and gessoes.

...and so on.

Some of those may be too "scientific" to fulfill your request; but all are, in fact, consistent with and/or indicative of a medieval image rendered on a sized and gessoed surface.

The arguments for "authenticity" are, in essence, pareidoilia (The Whangers claim to be able to identify 1st Century C.E. coins laid on the eyes of the "body"); calumny ("Mme. F-L was incompetent, dishonest and part of the conspiracy"); or fabulous special pleading ("a burst of 'resurrection energy' suspended the corpse between the sheets, while much of the actual 14C was transmuted to 14N by 'neutron irradiation' "). Their common characteristic is that they are driven by the assumed consequent, rather than by evidence.


Nice work, but since Jabba has found that the preponderance of the evidence is in the authenticity panŽ, he will easily refute all your points and present all sorts of evidence. Any time now. Of course he may "accidentally" get banned before he has an opportunity to present it. Poor guy. He's been trying so hard to present his strong evidence. Did I mention it is preponderant?
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Garlaschelli's replica is not identical to the Shroud of Turin. Some features (superficiaity and placing of the blood stains) are different.
So nothing that would indicate we can't replicate the shroud.
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There are manifold arguments againt authenticity, and in favor of the painting (or daubing, or block transfer) theories; many of them tend to overlap.

To delineate but a few:

1. There is no reliable record of the CIQ (Cloth In Question) before the 13th Century C.E. (or so).

2. The CIQ was declared a clever work of art by a pope, who claimed to know the identity of the painter.

3. The linen of the CIQ resembles cloths of the mid-13th Century C.E. to a far greater extent than it resembles any fabric known to date from the first Century C.E.

4. The image on the CIQ shows none of the distortion and lateral expansion that would result from being wrapped around a three-dimensional object.

5. The CIQ does not, in any way, match the description of the "strips" of linen said to be said to have been wrapped around the body of MJ.

6. The supposed preparation of the body does not match the known funerary practices of the 1st Centutry C.E.; if the body had been washed and prepared according "the customs of the Jews", it would not have still been bleeding.

7. The representational image on the CIQ matches the Byzantine style of exaggeration and elongation.

8. The representational image is anatomically ridiculous, form the length of the arms to the representations of the hands and on to the distinctly european cast of the features.

9. The representational image is posturally impossible; the "shroud slough" cannot be duplicated by an actual body lying on a flat surface.

10. The "hair" of the representational image falls neatly toward the feet, as if the body were presented erect, instead of falling behind the head as would happen with an actual, supine body.

11. There are reasons to question whether the HJ (even had he been a "nazarite" would have had, in fact, long, flowing, straight hair).

12. The images of "blood" on the CIQ are represented as flowing in directions that ignore the fct of gravity.

13. The images of "blood" on the CIQ are represented as flowing in ways that ignore capillary action and fluid dynamics, as well as the adsorptive interaction of actual hair and actual blood.

14. The substances detected on the CIQ are consistent with common medieval pigments, sizes, and gessoes.

...and so on.

Some of those may be too "scientific" to fulfill your request; but all are, in fact, consistent with and/or indicative of a medieval image rendered on a sized and gessoed surface.

The arguments for "authenticity" are, in essence, pareidoilia (The Whangers claim to be able to identify 1st Century C.E. coins laid on the eyes of the "body"); calumny ("Mme. F-L was incompetent, dishonest and part of the conspiracy"); or fabulous special pleading ("a burst of 'resurrection energy' suspended the corpse between the sheets, while much of the actual 14C was transmuted to 14N by 'neutron irradiation' "). Their common characteristic is that they are driven by the assumed consequent, rather than by evidence.
Too much.
You include dubious facts (2, 6 ), exaggerations (3), vague sentences (5), non-conclusive sentences (7, 8, 11), debated facts (14)... All these evidences have been questioned by sindonists long time ago.
I think a most suitable strategy should be focused on strong points. In your scheme the strong points are 4, 10, 12, 13.
Point 4, 10 forces the sindonist to claim miraculous events if correctly developed. The “blood rivulets” (12 and 13) lead to a factual impossibility. (Very interesting -and obvious: Garlaschelli and Borrini: https://youtu.be/SNzVc1MqJ2s
; Garlaschelli, Luigi & Borrini, Matteo: “A BPA Approach to the Shroud of Turin:A Preliminary Examination of the Left Forearm to Reconstruct the Crucifixion Practice”, Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 66th Annual Scientific Meeting, Seattle, February 17-22, 2014; http://www.aafs.org/sites/default/fi...roceedings.pdf ).

I think this line of attack makes irrelevant all the never ending debates with sindonists about the nature of the stains of blood, the invisible mending, the coins in the eyes and other sindonist topics. Yes, the sindonist can take refuge in miracle claims. (Cf. Gilbert Lavoie or John Jackson), but this upsets the bulk of the “sindonologs” because their alleged science became irrelevant. The “sindonology” is a myth of the twentieth century because its acritical devotion of techno-science. It is a myth built with slot machines. The sindonists need a “scientific” confirmation of the existence of God. Without this, they become simple believers and remain in front of the philosophical/epistemological problems of their belief. They don’t like this. Too heavy.
Therefore, if you want to put an end to a discussion with a sindonist, you should bring on the table simple questions as the floating hair, the blood trails on the nape or the absence of marks of crush in the buttocks due to the corporal weight.
Every time that I have brought those questions up to the sindonists they tried to change of subject. Significative.

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Originally Posted by David Mo View Post
Too much.
You include dubious facts (2, 6 ),
Dubious? The Pope at the time declared it fake, fact. The CiQ does not match funereal practice of the time, nor the biblical description, fact. You have an evidentiary mountain to climb if you claim otherwise.

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exaggerations (3),
Nope. That weave is unknown until medieval times. If you have evidence that such a weave was present in the Levant 2,000 years ago, please, share. Nobody else has ever seen such.

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vague sentences (5),
Seems pretty clear to me. No such burial cloth has ever been seen anywhere else, it does not conform to burial methods of the period and frankly, it would be a stupid way to wrap a corpse.

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non-conclusive sentences (7, 8, 11),
Why? It is a typical Byzantine illustration, it is anatomically messed up and the hair style of preference at the time was short. So where is your problem?

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debated facts (14)...
Facts are not subject to debate.

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All these evidences have been questioned by sindonists long time ago.
And debunked long ago. Your point?

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I think a most suitable strategy should be focused on strong points. In your scheme the strong points are 4, 10, 12, 13.
Point 4, 10 forces the sindonist to claim miraculous events if correctly developed. The “blood rivulets” (12 and 13) lead to a factual impossibility. (Very interesting -and obvious: Garlaschelli and Borrini: https://youtu.be/SNzVc1MqJ2s
; Garlaschelli, Luigi & Borrini, Matteo: “A BPA Approach to the Shroud of Turin:A Preliminary Examination of the Left Forearm to Reconstruct the Crucifixion Practice”, Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 66th Annual Scientific Meeting, Seattle, February 17-22, 2014; http://www.aafs.org/sites/default/fi...roceedings.pdf ).
You are a believer? You want to direct the counter argument to where you think you can argue rather than the issues you know you cannot?

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I think this line of attack makes irrelevant all the never ending debates with sindonists about the nature of the stains of blood, the invisible mending, the coins in the eyes and other sindonist topics. Yes, the sindonist can take refuge in miracle claims. (Cf. Gilbert Lavoie or John Jackson), but this upsets the bulk of the “sindonologs” because their alleged science became irrelevant. The “sindonology” is a myth of the twentieth century because its acritical devotion of techno-science. It is a myth built with slot machines. The sindonists need a “scientific” confirmation of the existence of God. Without this, they become simple believers and remain in front of the philosophical/epistemological problems of their belief.
It matters not what you think. What does the evidence say?

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They don’t like this. Too heavy.
It matters not what they like. What does the evidence say?

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Therefore, if you want to put an end to a discussion with a sindonist, you should bring on the table simple questions as the floating hair, the blood trails on the nape or the absence of marks of crush in the buttocks due to the corporal weight.
You are advocating pandering to sindonists, ignoring evidence that shoots them in the foot and only debating that which they think they can argue when the eveidence is right in front of them. Do you think that's valid? Ignore the actual evidence so that one may focus on the arguable? Really?

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Every time that I have brought those questions up to the sindonists they tried to change of subject. Significative.
And you are doing exactly the same thing. "Ignore the man behind the curtain". Well, sorry. The real world does not work that way. I refuse to ignore the man behind the curtain. I refuse to engage in the wantonly ignorant exercise that if we ignore some evidence then maybe...<insert woo here>.

The evidence is the evidence.
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Originally Posted by David Mo View Post
Too much.
[...]
This discussion goes back to 2012. Have you read it?

If the answers disturb you, perhaps you should cease asking questions.
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*snip*
Therefore, if you want to put an end to a discussion with a sindonist, you should bring on the table simple questions as the floating hair, the blood trails on the nape or the absence of marks of crush in the buttocks due to the corporal weight.
So you feel one should ignore all the objective evidence and concentrate on something vague. ..... You should get along fine with Jabba.

Anyhow, I have no particular need to put an end to the discussion. If I want that, I simply leave.

It is not my problem what these people want to believe. They want to discuss it with me, and since I do like debate, I tend to comply.

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Originally Posted by David Mo View Post
Too much.
How very...odd. You dispute that there is "a lot of evidence" that the CIQ is a representational image; and yet, when presented with a précis of the evidences that the CIQ cannot physically be the "shroud" in which a body (any body) was "wrapped" after supposedly being crucified, you complain about being presented with "too much" evidence.

For a more exhaustive list of the evidence, look here.

I will overlook the fact that each one of your objections has, in fact, been addressed by multiple posters in this tortuous, 4-part thread, and simply respond to your objections. With facts.

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You include dubious facts (2, 6 )...
(2)There is nothing "dubious" about the historical fact that Bishop D'Arcis reported to Pope Clement VII that the CIQ was a cleverly-wrought fake produced by an artist. Pope Clement's response was to allow the continued exhibition of the CIQ, but not as a relic; and to instruct the clergy that it should not be presented as the "actual shroud of Christ", but as an image of it.

(6)There is nothing "dubious" about he fact that, had the body supposedly "wrapped" in the CIQ been prepared "...following the Jewish burial custom..." (John 19:40, NJB), it would have been washed, and wrapped in strips of linen, with spices. The "body" represented on the CIQ is represented as bleeding copiously enough for blood to flow down its neck; this could not happen (ignoring for a moment the navďete of the representation of the "blood flows") if the body had been washed after its heart had stopped beating.

The CIQ is a sheet of linen that shows no hint of draping distortion; the image is flat. The gospels call for "strips" of linen (ὀθόνιον, literally the diminutive of ὀθόνη) that were "wrapped" (δέω) around the body. The CIQ does not conform with what is known about 1st. Century C.E. funerary practices, nor with what is presented in the 'god'spiel.

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...exaggerations (3)...
(3)The linen of the CIQ is of a size and fineness typical of medieval looms. The 3:1 weave is not represented in any piece of cloth known to date from the 1st Century C.E. This is not an "exaggeration" but a statement of fact. You are welcome to provide evidence of any authentically-dated 1st Century C.E. middle eastern cloth that demonstrated the 3:1 twill, but until you do, your characterization is demonstrably incorrect.

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...vague sentences (5)...
(5)The 'god'spiel attributed to "John" states that the body was "wrapped" (δέω) in "strips" (ὀθόνιον) of linen. The CIQ is a "sheet" (ὀθόνη) of linen; the representational image on it shows no trace of wrapping distortions.

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...non-conclusive sentences (7, 8, 11)...
I confess that I am not sure what you mean by "non-conclusive sentences". However:

(7)The Byzantine style of representational image is a style recognizable by anyone with even a layman's exposure to religious iconography. It is characterized by distinctly european facial feature, with characteristic elongations, simplifications, and iconic traditions. The representational image on the CIQ follows recognizable Byzantine traditions.

(8)The arms of the figure represented on the CIQ are not the same length; the posture of the CIQ cannot be assumed by an actual body on a flat surface; the features of the "face" on the CIQ are european ("gentile white guy, meek and mild..."), and not representational of middle eastern peoples of the 1st Century C.E.

(11)The wild-eyed prophet with untrimmed locks and beard is a medieval construct; the "hippie Jesus" in white robe and sandals is a 19th century construct; a Jewish man of the 1st Century CE (or, for that matter, any 1st Century C.E. asiatic Hebrew) would have been unlikely to have sported the long, flowing locks depicted on the CIQ (Xref. Cor. 11:14).

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...debated facts (14)...
(14)I suggest you read Bright Earth, by Phillip Ball. The substances on the CIQ are representative of common medieval art supplies. The ubiquitous CaCO3 indicates that the linen was sized and gessoed, which is not something that would be done to any cloth intended to absorb fluids leaking from a corpse (size and gesso are used to prevent fluids from absorbing into the treated cloth).

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All these evidences have been questioned by sindonists long time ago.
Of course sidonists disagree with the evidence; they do so, however, without the support of demonstrable fact. They do so in support of their assumed consequent, with incessant special pleading, instead of allowing the evidence to lead to a conclusion.

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I think a most suitable strategy should be focused on strong points. In your scheme the strong points are 4, 10, 12, 13.
Point 4, 10 forces the sindonist to claim miraculous events if correctly developed. The “blood rivulets” (12 and 13) lead to a factual impossibility. (Very interesting -and obvious: Garlaschelli and Borrini: https://youtu.be/SNzVc1MqJ2s
; Garlaschelli, Luigi & Borrini, Matteo: “A BPA Approach to the Shroud of Turin:A Preliminary Examination of the Left Forearm to Reconstruct the Crucifixion Practice”, Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 66th Annual Scientific Meeting, Seattle, February 17-22, 2014; http://www.aafs.org/sites/default/fi...roceedings.pdf ).

I think this line of attack makes irrelevant all the never ending debates with sindonists about the nature of the stains of blood, the invisible mending, the coins in the eyes and other sindonist topics. Yes, the sindonist can take refuge in miracle claims. (Cf. Gilbert Lavoie or John Jackson), but this upsets the bulk of the “sindonologs” because their alleged science became irrelevant. The “sindonology” is a myth of the twentieth century because its acritical devotion of techno-science. It is a myth built with slot machines. The sindonists need a “scientific” confirmation of the existence of God. Without this, they become simple believers and remain in front of the philosophical/epistemological problems of their belief. They don’t like this. Too heavy.
Therefore, if you want to put an end to a discussion with a sindonist, you should bring on the table simple questions as the floating hair, the blood trails on the nape or the absence of marks of crush in the buttocks due to the corporal weight.
Every time that I have brought those questions up to the sindonists they tried to change of subject. Significative.
You are, of course, welcome to whatever approach comforts you. I will continue as I have done, pointing out that there is not a single bit of evidence that actually supports "authenticity"; instead, every bit of evidence points to the fact that the CIQ is not a 1st Century C.E. cloth in which a 1st Century C.E. body was wrapped.

I would, however, encourage you to be more careful about misrepresenting facts that are presented you.
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