Shroud of Turin - March 24, 2005

Fresh Claim that Shroud of Turin is Fake
Wilson's Web Site
Porter's Webs Site

Do you believe that the Shroud of Turin is real or not? Does it affect your faith?

Wilson argues that the Shroud is a fake, though he has no scientific evidence to support it. However, even if it is fake, Wilson claims that it does not affect his beliefs about the resurrection. He believes Jesus died and arose, whether the Shroud of Turin plays into the reality of that event or not.

But what about you? Have you ever heard of the Shroud of Turin? How does it affect your beliefs?

To me, the New Testament and Jesus' life do not have to be scientifically proven for me to believe. Likewise, the flood, the Garden of Eden, creation -- these are aspects of my faith that I believe because I believe, not because you can prove them to me scientifically.

How often we get hung up on scientific evidence and the need to prove or disprove aspects of our faith and Christianity. I am still young, but I am fairly certain that that is not the point of faith and belief. We are supposed to believe, sometimes in spite of direct evidence to the contrary.

Who knows what they will decide on the Shroud of Turin, whether it is authentic or not. But for me, it does not really matter in terms of my belief.

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