Mervyn, I try to stick to sharing factual information with people who are, or want to be, scientifically literate. The rest are free to believe whatever they want to believe.
I have already explained why the combined claims of AB blood group and half the number of chromosomes, namely 23, compared to a normal human being, are mutually incompatible. A scientifically literate person would understand my explanation, and would realize that there is something wrong with either one of the results, or both of them. Either the claim of AB blood group is wrong or that of 23 chromosomes is wrong. Alternatively, both claims are wrong. It is scientifically impossible for both results to be right. Regarding the shroud of Turin, you are right that scientific tests by three independent laboratories have shown that it is a 13th or 14th century artifact. A research article describing these results were published in Nature, one of world's most prestigious scientific journals, in 1989. Here is a quote from a report entitled "Shroud of Turin Is Medieval", that appeared in 1988 in "Science", another scientific journal of similar prestige: QUOTE After generations of controversy and months of rumors, the results are now official: the Shroud of Turin, with its haunting, faded image of a crucified man, cannot be the burial cloth of Christ. Carbon-14 dating methods give 95% certainty that the linen of the Shroud dates from between A.D. 1260 and 1390, and virtually 100% certainty that it was made later than A.D. 1200. The tests were carried out this past spring by independent laboratories in Arizona, Zurich, and Oxford. Each group used the accelerator mass spectrometer technique, which required the sacrifice of only 2 square centimeters of the cloth. The results were announced at a news conference on 13 October by Cardinal Anastasio Ballestrero, the Archbishop of Turin, and by Luigi Gonella, his science adviser. "I see no reason for the Church to put these results in doubt," said Ballestrero, who stressed that the Roman Catholic Church has never claimed that the Shroud was anything but a "representation" of Christ's burial cloth. UNQUOTE ....Science, 1988, volume 242, page 378. Subsequently, a couple of papers have tried to claim without real scientific evidence that the cloth could be older. They have also not been able to provide evidence that it was from the 1st century or earlier. Because of these controversies the Catholic Church have not tried to claim that it is authentic. Please let me know if you need copies of the original scientific papers. I would be happy to email them to you privately. Cheers, Santosh --- On Mon, 2/21/11, Mervyn Lobo <mervynal...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > > Ivo wrote: > **This is totally wrong. All factors converge to that > conclusion and show that > their conclusion is correct. It is AB group. It has 23 > chromosomes, what could > happen only in the case of Jesus, who was conceived > virginally by his Mother, > Virgin Mary. It is a scientific confirmation. > We should remark that in 1978, a group of scientists from > NASA performed an > intensive examination on the Shroud of Turin, by using all > the sophisticated > scientific equipment available to our Space Agency at that > time. Among the many > findings, the scientists made in support of the > authenticity of the Shroud, a > very significant discovery was found regarding the blood > type on the Shroud. It > was AB positive, the same blood type as found in the > Eucharistic Miracle of > Lanciano. More and more, Science has verified what we have > believed in Christian > > Faith for centuries. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Fr.Ivo, > > Perhaps you are not aware of this but science has confirmed > that the > Shroud of Turin is material manufactured some time between > 1260 > and 1390 AD. > > I think you will agree with me that Jesus did not die > during this period. > > Mervyn1400Lobo > > > >
