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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16. 1981
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Researcher calls facts decisive
Turin shroud said to be Christ’s
United Press International
DALLAS — A member of the
scientific panel organized to de
termine if the legendary Shroud of
Turin could have been a 2,000-
year-old burial cloth says he be
lieves it is the burial garment of
Jesus Christ.
Kenneth E. Stevenson, a Dal
las computer company engineer,
said Wednesday the three-year in
vestigation, during which he
touched, photographed and stu
died the shroud, satisfied his ini
tial skepticism.
“The blood stains are blood,
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they flow like blood,” he said.
“Since there is clear evidence a
human body was wrapped in the
cloth, it is reasonable to assume it
is human blood.”
Although chemical tests indi
cated the shroud’s image to be
genuine, not all members of the
team were convinced the 14-by-4
foot linen once covered Christ
Jesus. For centuries skeptics have
argued the cloth was a fraud.
The official statement of the
Shroud of Turin Research Project
declared the faint image on the
cloth to be that of a human.
“It is not the product of an
artist,” the statement said. “The
blood stains are composed of
hemoglobin.”
Stevenson met with reporters
one day before the release of a
book he co-authored on the
shroud, “Verdict on the Shroud.”
A former professor at the U.S.
Air Force Academy, he admits
writing the book from the pers
pective of a Christian. But Steven
son said he was a late-comer to the
faith, and was skeptical when he
first heard about the shroud in
1967.
He also said science would nev
er prove that the cloth once co
vered Jesus Christ.
A guarded vault in Turin, Italy
holds the shroud. The Roman
Catholic Church only allows the
cloth to be displayed two or three
times a century.
Among the panel’s findings,
which Stevenson said indicate the
shroud once covered Christ are a
lack of evidence of bodily decom
position, no indication blood
stains were smeared (expected if a
human removed the shroud) and a
three-dimensional photograpjj
negative of the image showii
man.
“If a non-believer reaches!
end of science and is left with!
supernatural as the only explai
tion, he will do whatever hecai
bring a naturalistic explanation
he said.
“The man in the shroud woifl
crown of thorns, his side tfj
pierced and he was scourged
mercifully, which is not the si
dard procedure for a crucinfl
he said. “His legs are not broken
which is against the commonprcjP
tice of crucifixion.
“The Bible says when tlel
came to Christ, he was alreaJ
dead and they did not break kl
legs. But they put a spearinlJ
side just to make sure. Theerl
dence is overwhelming.”
Senator calls for end
to Libyan oil imports
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Sen. Gary that U.S. purchases of Libyan oil
Hart, D-Colo., charged Thursday are helping keep Col. Moammar
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The first military investigation
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training pool near San Diego,
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accident. Witnesses, however,
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