Originally posted by RJHindsI'm going to make you a challenge; if you can find one other person on this site who shares you level of belief in this crappy old rag I will send you $1,000.
If anyone is interesting in the remaining of the above video, then here is the complete video and you can click over to were the other one was cut off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUmYwDwHM94
Originally posted by KeplerI think it is because the Christian church is desperate for ANY evidence to support it's cause.
What puzzles me is the level of importance accorded to this piece of cloth. If it is what is claimed, so what? The bible instructs people not too worship anything but god so the worship of an image on a bit of cloth would seem to be heretical at the very least.
Originally posted by OdBodBut the shroud is a non-starter. Even is it was proved to be "genuine", its a genuine what? An old rag someone was once buried in...a bloke with a beard... spooky...I guess god must exist after all then. It's so obviously a fake [in terms of being a christian relic] it's not even interesting.
I think it is because the Christian church is desperate for ANY evidence to support it's cause.
Originally posted by divegeesterHow about a genuine miracle?
But the shroud is a non-starter. Even is it was proved to be "genuine", its a genuine what? An old rag someone was once buried in...a bloke with a beard... spooky...I guess god must exist after all then. It's so obviously a fake [in terms of being a christian relic] it's not even interesting.