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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-10 02:44 PM
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Pope all but endorses authenticity of Turin Shroud
"This is a burial cloth that wrapped the remains of a crucified man in full correspondence with what the Gospels tell us of Jesus," Benedict said. He said the relic — one of the most important in Christianity — should be seen as a photographic document of the "darkest mystery of faith" — that of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection.


The article is here.

There's no end to this guy's looniness.
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-10 02:52 PM
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1. The pope is a fucking idiot.
And a perv.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-10 02:52 PM
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-10 02:53 PM
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3. Yeah, faith over science, why am I surprised?
It's not an obvious fake, but it's been confirmed a fake, the type of cloth not produced for nearly 1000 years after the execution and radiocarbon dating pinning it to the late Middle Ages.

However, if fools want to believe in a fake to get them through a long and lonely night, who am I to complain?

Just don't expect me to give lip service to it.
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Nihil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-10 11:04 AM
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13. FWIW ...
... I still lean towards the "Jacques de Molay" interpretation but
if others prefer to believe differently, I don't view it as harmful ...
:shrug:
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-10 02:53 PM
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4. Why not?
Given the other nonsense these people believe, makes perfect sense that they'd fall for this fraud.
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darkstar3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-10 03:11 PM
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5. One old fraud tries to legitimize another...
:boring:
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Bolo Boffin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-10 03:16 PM
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6. "Yes, Virginia, this is Christ's burial shroud." n/t
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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-10 03:22 PM
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7. Next, he'll reinstute the condemnation of Galileo.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-10 03:40 PM
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8. .
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=214&topic_id=245082
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darkstar3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-10 03:41 PM
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9. I was waiting for that.
Think this thread will make it to 30 posts? I don't.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-10 04:15 PM
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11. So was I.
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DeSwiss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-10 03:57 PM
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10. Of course he does because....
...he needs all the gimmicks, bells and whistles that he can lay his hands on.

- Especially now that the BIG LIE is all coming unraveled.....
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-10 04:32 PM
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12. look over there, jesus on a cheeto! what child molesting priests? nt
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