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Turin Shroud to go on display

By T.K. Randall
February 20, 2010 · Comment icon 5 comments

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The Turin Shroud is expected to attract up to 100 million visitors when it goes on display in Northern Italy this year.
It is a rare thing indeed for the Turin Shroud which is thought to bear the image of Jesus to go on public display, in the last 100 years this will be only the sixth time it has happened.
Over two million visitors are expected to converge on a small chapel in a northern Italian city this spring when the Turin Shroud goes on display for only the sixth time in 100 years. It will be the first time the holy relic, which some believe bears the face of Christ after his crucifixion, has been seen in public since its restoration in 2002.


Source: Daily Mail | Comments (5)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by Codehook 14 years ago
I personally view this as Christian propaganda. The shroud has had huge debate as to its authenticity, and pretty much (although not totally) been proven as a fake. Avid Christians will typically never even read the research done into the authenticity of it, though. Money making and propaganda, in my opinion.
Comment icon #2 Posted by mako 14 years ago
Money making and propaganda, in my opinion. Pretty well all religion is about that...
Comment icon #3 Posted by ShadowSot 14 years ago
The Shroud was originally presented by a Bishop, who would ring a bell, while announcing it was a fake. The Church viewed it as a fake, but the people believed in it anyway, and the Church is capitalizing on it.
Comment icon #4 Posted by Davedini 14 years ago
Its a fake and the whole theory where it was devinci and he was taking the first photograph in history seems to be the best explanation ive heard so far
Comment icon #5 Posted by MARAB0D 14 years ago
I personally view this as Christian propaganda. The shroud has had huge debate as to its authenticity, and pretty much (although not totally) been proven as a fake. Avid Christians will typically never even read the research done into the authenticity of it, though. Money making and propaganda, in my opinion. In mid-1970s Vatican purposely invited a large group of experts from USSR scientific institutions to take part in the research of the shroud, and apart of their statement that the blood spots were later fakes, possibly renewed from time to time, they confirmed the consistency of the shrou... [More]


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