As for Piczek’s theory – it’s another example of a leap of reasoning that you just don’t need to make to explain the phenomena you have in front of you.

Her argument, in essence, is that the image on the shroud shows no signs of compression of the muscles, and that the shroud does not show the distortion that you would expect if the shroud were tightly wrapped around a person.

You have to conclude, therefore, that the shroud was not wrapped around a body, and that the body was suspended in the air some how, with the back and front of the shroud stretched tight above and below the body.

Piczek concludes from this that there can have been no gravity inside the shroud, and that the whole lot must have been suspended in the air.

A far more likely conclusion than the temporary suspension of all normal laws of physics inside a cave in Jerusalem would be something like the following: a statue or sculpture is created and suspended in the air using, for example, a clamp; a frame is created to stretch the cloth tight above and below the sculpture; an appropriate technique is then used to transfer an image of the statue onto the shroud based on this set-up.

There is no need to introduce exciting physical phenomena to explain what is, in essence, a somewhat unremarkable artefact.

I have to say, it doesn’t sound like you’ve put any of your own independent thought into this post beyond what you’ve learnt from this documentary.

In any case, there are serious holes in the Da Vinci hypothesis. It’s not a hypothesis that most of the scientific community takes too seriously, and when you look at the anatomical limitations of the image on the Shroud and compare that to Da Vinci’s anatomical research, do you really think that such a master would get so lazy as to get the size of the head wrong?

To me, the Shroud image looks like your average, run-of-the-mill, medieval statue of a saint; not remotely on a par with Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man, for example.

Repeat this enough times with enough people, and sooner or later one of them is bound to see the face of Jesus, the hand of God, or some other religious image in what, in essence, is a randomly shaped blob.

I saw an article in the local paper a year or so ago about a man who found the face of Jesus in his watermelon.

So out of all of the hundreds of billions of photographs and images you could have considered, you managed to find one that you consider to correspond closely to the Shroud of Turin. This is neither a surprise, nor spectacular. It’s just a coincidence. Only this, and nothing more.

Also, even if both the Shroud and the Sudarium had AB blood on (again, references?), you would not have proof that the blood on the two cloths was from the same person, let alone that it was from Jesus. On average, about 5% of the human population has an AB blood type – that’s quite a large sample. So, to jump from a common blood type on two separate cloths to an inaccurate C-14 date is quite a big leap.

That said, it seems to me that they need to do quite a lot of dot-connecting to arrive at the conclusion that Leo dunnit. The big question for me is this: given that Leonardo was a master of anatomy and took great pride in his study of the human body, is it conceivable that he would take so little care in creating the shroud as to overlook the various anatomical inaccuracies mentioned at the start of this documentary? Seems unlikely.

Firstly, personal attacks are indicative of a person who does not follow the teachings of Jesus. The probability that you are either an atheist, agnostic or just do not believe in Jesus as the Messiah, is fairly high.

With respect to the head and elongated body image, Elizabeth Piczek, a Particle Physicist, has clearly shown the distortion of the image was the result of an “Event Horizon.”

This is the same comment made on Michael Burch’s website.
Are you Michael?

Best,

Tamara

Isabel Piczek, a Particle Physicist, just proved my original theory that Jesus’ body gave off so much radiation (light) that His image was imprinted on the Shroud.

You may want to check out her “Event Horizon.”

One of the things she found scientifically is what I have stated all along, with respect to Jesus’ image being imprinted on the Shroud at the time of resurrection, when His body emitted intense radiation (light).

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Trinity (3 separate or interchangeable entities under one Godhead)

E = mc2
where E = Energy,God (Father)
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Plus, DaVinci was not around in the 8th century. The Sudarium was the head covering of Jesus and has been in Oviedo, Spain since the 8th century. All the blood spots on the Sudarium line up exactly with the Shroud of Turin, and both contain AB blood type.

Although mistakes were made in the Carbon dating of the Shroud, the head covering was part of the burial cloth of Christ and has been around since the 700s in Spain. The Shroud should have dated, at least, to the 700s. DaVinci was not even born then.

How is one able to paint the Shroud prior to being born? Now that’s magic!

Best,

Tamara

Ahh, ignorance at its finest.

How do you explain the “sign in the sky,” taken by the Chandra telescope entitled “Hand of God.” This image is from 1700 years ago.

Now print out the Chandra telescope image and print out the facial image of the Shroud of Turin and compare closely. There is no doubt these are one and the same person. Notice the red “crown of stars” around the head of the Chandra image, which correlates to the “crown of thorns” on the Shroud image.

Have you looked recently at all the new data from Scientists on the Shroud which states it probably does date to the time of Jesus. Take a look at the official Shroud of Turin website and you will note all the recent scientific tests that were done.

With respect to falling for anything, I certainly don’t fall for DaVinci creating the image when he lived after the Shroud and Sudarium were in existence.

Sorry, I’m not drinking your Jim Jones Kool-Aid.

Best,

Tamara

So you don’t believe DaVinci could’ve created the shroud, but you do believe Jesus rose from the dead, floated up to the sky and disappeared? Well, resurrection can’t be based on physical evidence, because resurrection is a physical impossibility. Only religious FAITH can sustain such a belief. Faith is all that backs up your ideas about Jesus.

It sounds like you stand for something Tamara, but it also sounds like you’ll fall for anything that satisfies your religious needs.

It has been scientifically proven both the Sudarium and the Shroud covered the body of Jesus. Both have AB- blood type and the blood wounds on both cloths line up exactly.

Let it be known the Sudarium has been in Oviedo, Spain since the 8th Century, so the Shroud should date, at least, to that age. The fact that it didn’t proved the Carbon 14 date was incorrect. The scientists now state the Carbon 14 date was wrong.

DaVinci would have to have been the greatest magician that ever lived to have painted something that was introduced centuries before he was even born. For if he painted the Shroud, then he would have had to also have painted the Sudarium.

If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.

Best,

Tamara