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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-20-09 04:13 PM
Response to Reply #5
8. would they trade it for a shrubbery?
a rubbery one? or even a rabbit shaped one?
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  - Researcher says text proves Shroud of Turin real mcablue  Nov-20-09 04:05 PM   #0 
  - AGAIN?!@  FiveGoodMen   Nov-20-09 04:05 PM   #1 
  - Vatican coffers running dry? Needing a bit of business, perhaps?  NRaleighLiberal   Nov-20-09 04:07 PM   #2 
  - Yeah, to help pay for those retiring priests...  madmom   Nov-20-09 05:04 PM   #26 
  - corny  fascisthunter   Nov-20-09 04:07 PM   #3 
  - Boy, you said it! I was in Turin in May 2008 and I thought the thing was too hokey for words.  CTyankee   Nov-20-09 04:28 PM   #14 
     - I Have to Go to Italy  fascisthunter   Nov-21-09 10:50 AM   #60 
        - Have you visited Leaning Tower of Pisa?  Garam_Masala   Nov-21-09 11:43 AM   #63 
           - no... but that is a must!  fascisthunter   Nov-21-09 02:10 PM   #65 
              - If you go to Tuscany, I highly recommend Lucca, the walled town.  CTyankee   Nov-21-09 04:06 PM   #67 
              - thank you... checking it out right now.  fascisthunter   Nov-22-09 10:25 AM   #77 
                 - Another town I "discovered" is Perugia, in Umbria.  CTyankee   Nov-22-09 10:39 AM   #78 
                    - I hope to visit Italy in the next Five Years or so  fascisthunter   Nov-22-09 11:18 AM   #79 
                       - Exactly! The history of places is overwhelming to me.  CTyankee   Nov-22-09 04:19 PM   #83 
              - Picture of Leaning Tower of Pisa  Garam_Masala   Nov-21-09 09:05 PM   #71 
                 - just logged back in this morning... wow  fascisthunter   Nov-22-09 10:24 AM   #76 
  - Tell them we already have one.  Orrex   Nov-20-09 04:07 PM   #4 
  - ,  MNDemNY   Nov-20-09 04:08 PM   #5 
  - would they trade it for a shrubbery?  ChairmanAgnostic   Nov-20-09 04:13 PM   #8 
     - NEE! n/t  poverlay   Nov-20-09 04:26 PM   #13 
     - Noo.....  jimshoes   Nov-20-09 04:46 PM   #21 
     - "Are you saying 'Nee' to that old woman?..Oh, what sad times are there when passing ruffians can say  poverlay   Nov-20-09 07:51 PM   #42 
     - NOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....Ecky, ecky, ecky, ecky, thump! eom  pipoman   Nov-21-09 07:01 AM   #51 
     - Maybe just a nice one, not too expensive nt  laughingliberal   Nov-20-09 05:31 PM   #29 
  - Oh yes,  irishcat   Nov-20-09 05:39 PM   #31 
  - It's real alright  CreekDog   Nov-20-09 04:08 PM   #6 
  - Any scientific researcher who uses the word "proved" is, by definition, a quack.  Speck Tater   Nov-20-09 04:13 PM   #7 
  - Is this really LBN?  jpak   Nov-20-09 04:15 PM   #9 
  - the shroud of turin is an enigma to me.  Lerkfish   Nov-20-09 04:18 PM   #10 
  - Trinkets are their best "proof" that the stories were real  Mithreal   Nov-20-09 04:25 PM   #12 
  - Trinkets were the WORST in Assisi. They were trying to sell candles blessed by the monks  CTyankee   Nov-20-09 04:32 PM   #17 
  - Yeah, I've noticed that, too--the similarities of Corporate Rule to the transnational rule of  Peace Patriot   Nov-20-09 06:57 PM   #40 
  - Good call!!!  prestonPjr21   Nov-20-09 04:29 PM   #15 
  - Proving is the important part.  AtheistCrusader   Nov-20-09 04:33 PM   #18 
  - That's pretty much the Vatican's position  Yupster   Nov-20-09 05:50 PM   #34 
  - Well,  edwardian   Nov-21-09 06:28 AM   #47 
  - a vegetarian told me once...  Lerkfish   Nov-21-09 06:33 AM   #48 
  - That's great! We are vegetarians with  DemBones DemBones   Nov-22-09 06:59 PM   #84 
  - People who flatly assert that Jesus is fake have less proof than those who flatly assert that he  No Elephants   Nov-21-09 06:58 AM   #50 
     - Such a silly argument.  edwardian   Nov-21-09 03:18 PM   #66 
        - IMHO people tend to believe in Jesus  ngant17   Nov-21-09 06:31 PM   #68 
  - In that view, you seem to agree with the official position of Roman Catholic Church for centuries.  No Elephants   Nov-21-09 06:51 AM   #49 
  - A VATICAN researcher? Conflict much?  Atman   Nov-20-09 04:23 PM   #11 
  - what was the thread count?  frylock   Nov-20-09 04:31 PM   #16 
  - ROFL  DebbieCDC   Nov-20-09 04:46 PM   #22 
  - 1,000 thread count Egyptian cotton  AlbertCat   Nov-20-09 06:13 PM   #36 
     - I didn't realize Overstock.com was that old.  No Elephants   Nov-21-09 07:04 AM   #52 
  - It's over 9000!!!  sakabatou   Nov-21-09 01:44 PM   #64 
  - So Christ had Vermillion running through his veins and that  alfredo   Nov-20-09 04:42 PM   #19 
  - Now, what an ignorant comment. You obviously do not know much about the shroud. nt  thereismore   Nov-20-09 05:11 PM   # 
     - A scientist from my town was on the team that did the first  alfredo   Nov-20-09 05:40 PM   #33 
        - What's his name?  spoony   Nov-21-09 06:34 PM   #69 
           - 1978. Carbon dating found it was from the middle ages, and the man who  alfredo   Nov-22-09 04:17 PM   #82 
              - What about this claim that the piece carbon-dated was from a patch applied in the 1500s?  Roland99   Nov-23-09 07:25 AM   #88 
                 - Why would the team agree on using the patched region? That doesn't make  alfredo   Nov-23-09 12:03 PM   #89 
                    - Oh, I'm not defending that the shroud is some type of burial cloth of Jesus  Roland99   Nov-23-09 12:08 PM   #90 
                    - Still the fact remains that they know who made the shroud. The church  alfredo   Nov-23-09 12:13 PM   #92 
                    - Hey, btw, I was thinking just last night about resurrecting the Folding@Home posts  Roland99   Nov-23-09 12:10 PM   #91 
                       - thank you! PM me when you do.  alfredo   Nov-23-09 12:35 PM   #93 
  - the catholic church will do anything to stay in control of people... duh.  ORDagnabbit   Nov-20-09 04:43 PM   #20 
  - Huh?  wryter2000   Nov-20-09 04:58 PM   #23 
  - Well there may be a diference...  zeemike   Nov-20-09 07:07 PM   #41 
  - You missed the thrust of the words you italicized. Their salient point is  No Elephants   Nov-21-09 07:13 AM   #53 
  - BLECH* just in time for christmas.  glinda   Nov-20-09 05:00 PM   #24 
  - Does not matter. Faith and reason are diametrically opposed  question everything   Nov-20-09 05:01 PM   #25 
  - Evidence can bolster faith.  No Elephants   Nov-21-09 07:28 AM   #55 
     - Faith  edwardian   Nov-23-09 06:30 AM   #86 
  - They should let it be what it is...  Ozymanithrax   Nov-20-09 05:04 PM   #27 
  - Trotting out this tired old shibboleth..... again.  ooglymoogly   Nov-20-09 05:11 PM   #28 
  - Please see Replies 49 and 55. People on all sides of this issue get too carried away.  No Elephants   Nov-21-09 07:37 AM   #56 
  - So what if it is? nt  eppur_se_muova   Nov-20-09 05:37 PM   #30 
  - ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ##  DU GrovelBot   Nov-20-09 05:39 PM   #32 
  - People can be such idiots.  Seldona   Nov-20-09 06:01 PM   #35 
  - Imagine the breadth of knowledge they have repressed over the centuries?  AlbertCat   Nov-20-09 06:23 PM   #37 
  - The Vatican has already declared it a fake. But DUers will think this is from the Vatican itself.  onehandle   Nov-20-09 06:25 PM   #38 
  - .  AlphaCentauri   Nov-20-09 09:16 PM   #45 
  - It has not remained that clear cut. Please see Reply #49.  No Elephants   Nov-21-09 07:38 AM   #57 
  - I'm confused, can't Jesus just appear in everyone's living room and tell us all--  Moonwalk   Nov-20-09 06:48 PM   #39 
  - I can appear in your living room, too. I choose not to. Hope that clears up your confusion.  No Elephants   Nov-21-09 07:41 AM   #58 
  - Vatican researcher.... Enough said.  Owl   Nov-20-09 08:39 PM   #43 
  - A cheap gimmick for a religion steeped in gimmickry.  Blue For You   Nov-20-09 09:03 PM   #44 
  - R. Crumb's book of Genesis  greengestalt   Nov-20-09 09:18 PM   #46 
  - I was laughing so hard, tears came out.  ChairmanAgnostic   Nov-21-09 07:24 AM   #54 
     - In what respect, Charlie?  spoony   Nov-21-09 06:36 PM   #70 
  - Where to begin?  No Elephants   Nov-21-09 08:00 AM   #59 
  - A real burial shroud for a mythological man  DavidDvorkin   Nov-21-09 11:19 AM   #61 
  - The Shroud of Turin was made in China  IndianaGreen   Nov-21-09 11:27 AM   #62 
  - how absurd and naive...  and-justice-for-all   Nov-21-09 10:12 PM   #72 
  - Impossible  USA_1   Nov-22-09 09:17 AM   #73 
  - Very interesting.  DavidDvorkin   Nov-22-09 09:44 AM   #74 
  - I don't think that's accurate  deutsey   Nov-22-09 11:45 AM   #80 
     - Not on the part of Jews for religious rituals, though.  DavidDvorkin   Nov-22-09 01:01 PM   #81 
        - Yeah, that makes sense.  deutsey   Nov-22-09 08:29 PM   #85 
  - Bwahahahaaahaaa!  BakedAtAMileHigh   Nov-22-09 10:10 AM   #75 
  - Wasn't there *real* research done years ago that showed it was created around 12th-14th century?  Roland99   Nov-23-09 07:19 AM   #87 
 

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