We're never going to hear the end of it. The Shroud of Turin may be much older than previously thought. The BBC reports that tests run on the "Holland cloth" portion of the shroud--the portion C-14 dated to the 13th century--confirm that it was added to the rest of the shroud. Since the chemical... Oh, just read it for yourself.
The problem isn't vindication of the shroud-worshippers. It's that now we're going to hear about this new, pro-shroud evidence over and over and over again. It's the Michael Jackson story of the jesusphere. Of course, what we won't hear is that, even if the shroud came from a cave in Palestine from the era of the early Empire, it's still just a piece of cloth with an image on it. Fascinating, yes, but evidence for the truth of Christianity? No.
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