In the past year I can recall 3 conversations with Catholics where a debate about religion has resulted in them saying “well, how can you be an atheist when you have miracles like the Shroud of Turin?” This happens when I succeed in asking a series of questions that blows down their reasons for believing. It usually happens after the “well I just have Faith” excuse when logic fails them.
Previously Scientists have carbon dated the Shroud to 1260-1390 A.D. Despite the unknown origin of the cloth and the scientific evidence dating it to the time period when it was “discovered”.
Italian scientist Garlaschelli successfully replicated the Shroud using materials that would have been available the middle ages. Yet Garlaschelli doubts such evidence will convince Shroud advocates that the cloth is a hoax.
“If they don’t want to believe carbon dating done by some of the world’s best laboratories they certainly won’t believe me,” he said.1
Despite the Catholic Church’s stance that the Shroud of Turin is not authentic, many followers treat it as evidence of the god Jesus.
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