Talk:Shroud of Turin

Latest comment: 12 days ago by Hob Gadling in topic Fringe Theories?
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    Fringe Theories? edit

    Why not just theories? 12.196.231.156 (talk) 03:57, 6 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

    To give better information. --Hob Gadling (talk) 04:17, 6 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Not all theories are equally valuable. It is noteworthy that a theory departs significantly from the mainstream view in the field. Such theories are called fringe theories. See Wikipedia:Fringe theories for the guidelines on this.--Srleffler (talk) 19:44, 6 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
    This term is rarely used and appears dismissive and intentional. The carbon dating is the only test to suggest inauthenticity and has reason to be questioned. There are many issues that must be explained even if the C-14 test is rock solid. How was it made? Explain all those points: the blood, the anatomical accuracy in negative, the pollens, and so on. To simply state, "Carbon-14!" shows that one has no answer for everything else.
    So you use the term "fringe theories." That is the reason. 24.19.128.64 (talk) 21:05, 6 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
    There are many threads of evidence which debunk the authenticity of the shroud, and C14 is only one of them. People who think that you throw a shroud upon a bleeding corpse and you get something like a portrait photo have lost their common sense. It's so basically obvious that if you don't get the point I have a bridge to sell you. People do sophisticated scientific research for something looking like a product for April Fools' Day. tgeorgescu (talk) 21:45, 6 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
    The shroud looks ridiculous, but it is a great way to bring tourists to Turin. Dimadick (talk) 23:16, 6 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
    A portrait photo that has features of medieval art. Also, blood, the anatomical accuracy in negative, the pollens, and so on are debunked in the sources cited in the article. They are wishful thinking by religious zealots who happen to be scientists. --Hob Gadling (talk) 06:38, 7 April 2024 (UTC)Reply