Jesus Christ Burial Cloth Research Paper

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Shroud of Turin: Jesus Christs Burial Cloth

The Shroud of Turin is stained by an unknown source and the stains are in the pattern of a horribly tortured and crucified man. The Shroud is a 53 square foot linen cloth. It has been 117 years since a photographic negative showed the image of a crucified man (Viviano 1). There are no examples of heir bone weave, (which was used on the Shroud) in Jesus Christs time period. Scientists have not been able to dismiss the Shroud simply as a forgery. The Shroud is the burial cloth of Jesus Christ.
The image is consistent with markings described in the passion of Christ. The cloth shows DNA from around the world it has DNA from central Europe, the Mediterranean, and China (Home 2). Several tests have been done on the Shroud since the images finding 117 years ago but none of these tests however could prove that it was a fake or that it was real. In the Bible it talks about the death of Jesus the Bible talks about this vividly, but just as vividly as they are
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Eye witnesses have also said that they have no doubt in their mind now that this is definitely Jesus Christs burial cloth (Longnecker 1). Scientists even after all of the tests that have ran on the cloth have not been able to pass this off as simply a forgery no matter how hard they have tried. Scientists have also tried to do carbon dating on the Shroud but this only showed that the cloth very well could be Jesus Christs Burial cloth because it did not show the 37% Vanilin shown from the time period they came up with (Viviano 2).The image has been thought to be created by the rising of Jesus on the third day because of the producing of light also known as the Divine light. The statement that the Shroud is Christs has so much more information than against this statement that, the only logical conclusion is that Shroud of Turin is Jesus Christs burial