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The Shrouded Intellect
April 5, 2012 -
Right on cue, the anti-Christian media have warmed up more stale leftovers in (yet another) foolishly misguided attempt to contribute to the feast of Easter. This time, the story venerates the “scholarly” work of Cambridge art historian Thomas de Wesselow, who spends 400+ pages(!) defending the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin. “The message really is that the Shroud of Turin is authentic,” de Wesselow explains. “This is the only rational way of understanding this image. It can be understood entirely naturalistically. There’s no reason to invoke a miracle to explain the image.”
De Wesselow adds that once armed with a thoroughly naturalistic explanation for the shroud, one can easily account for the evolution of the resurrection legend itself. Specifically, Jesus’ followers ... read more
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