A BLIND faith? / The Shroud of Turin.
— Since the time of Christ,
— Since the time of Christ,
Religion has moved masses, has dominated minds at will with no trustworthy proof other than faith in something, in an energy that emanates peace and tranquility.
However, religion has kept secrets, information that if revealed would fall on its own under the strong foundations that have been forged and in which it has been maintained for centuries.
The Holy Shroud or Shroud of Turin, is one of the most valuable pieces in the cathedral of the Italian city of Turin, where the blanket is located; similarly it represents great value for the Catholic religion because it is believed that this cloth was the one that covered the deceased body of Christ for three days before his resurrection.
— That is why in the 70's began the scientific research around the sacred shroud, those who believed that everything would result in a farce, did not have enough evidence to disprove the veracity of the Shroud.
Through this test,
Through this test,
Borrini in conjunction with his team who worked to reach a conclusion by observing the size, shape and distribution of the blood traces to reveal how the wounds occurred chose to use a dummy along with real blood (donated) e they tried to recreate the wounds that appeared in the Shroud of Turin, who when analyzing the patterns of these samples, simply did not coincide.
Nevertheless,
Nevertheless,
an examination carried out at the end of the 80's with carbon 14 reveals that the canvas could have been created around the Middle Ages at a point between 1260 and 1390 AD, which would be curious because the first time which would have been exposed was in France in the year of 1357.
Even so, there are still many Catholics who believe that the mantle is real and continue to take the Shroud as a symbol of faith and the suffering that Jesus Christ suffered when He was crucified.