Shroud of Turin a Fraud

For John, BLUF:  The article says Jesus was 5'11".  That can't be right.  My Father told me Jesus was exactly 6 feet tall.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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PROFESSOR USED SHROUD OF TURIN TO CREATE ‘PRECISE’ 3D ‘CARBON COPY’ OF JESUS

From The Daily Caller, by Religion Reporter Joshua Gill.

I missed this when it came out 28 March 2018.

Here is the lede plus two:

A University of Padua professor used the Shroud of Turin to create a 3D carbon copy of Jesus, allegedly revealing Christ’s true features.

Giulio Fanti, a professor of mechanical and thermal measurements and a scholar of the Shroud of Turin, used his own measurements of the impression on the shroud to create the carbon copy, according to Aleteia. Using the shroud and the resulting 3D image, Fanti was able to count a number of the bodily wounds Jesus would have suffered according to scripture and other historical sources, reveal his height, and the position in which he died, the professor said, according to Vatican Insider. Fanti has no doubt the depiction of the shrouded man and the statue he created with it is that of the actual Christ.

“This statue is the three-dimensional representation in actual size of the Man of the Shroud, created following the precise measurements taken from the cloth in which the body of Christ was wrapped after the crucifixion,” Fanti said, according to Vatican Insider. “Therefore, we believe that we finally have the precise image of what Jesus looked like on this earth. From now on, He may no longer be depicted without taking this work into account.”

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff