Vast energy readings in Jesus' tomb and possible support for the Shroud of Turin.

Thinkingaboutit

EWTN UK and Aleteia reports how scientists working in the Edicule which covers the Tomb of Christ reported striking electromagnetic disturbances from instruments placed on the stone on which Our Lord rested. Instruments malfunctioned or ceased to work.

The article suggests this electromagnetic disturbance could be compared to the findings of an ENEA study on the Shroud of Turin which tried to create the Shroud images with a C02 Laser found that 34 thousand billion watts of VUV radiaton would be needed to create the body sized image on the linen.

Aleteia:

Electromagnetic disturbances

But the journalist is much less hesitant regarding the electromagnetic disturbances recorded by the scientists’ instruments. The phenomenon was confirmed by one of the scientists authorized to access the tomb. Later, one of the heads of the building and construction team, Antonia Moropoulou, indicated that it is really hard to imagine that someone would be willing to put in danger his or her reputation just because of a “publicity stunt.” Moreover, the journalist testifies to the scientists’ surprise during the opening of the slab: they hoped that the grave would be much lower than it was. Their conclusion: previously performed analyses with the instruments seemed to have been distorted by an electromagnetic disturbance.
- See more at: http://aleteia.org/2016/11/15/mysteries-surround-the-opening-of-the-tomb-of-christ/#sthash.WiDHfM66.dpuf

gctest50

Thinkingaboutit wrote: »

Instruments malfunctioned or ceased to work.

What kind of instruments ?


Here's someone just touching an oscilloscope lead, it picks up the 50Hz your body is picking from the electrical mains wiring in your house

Thinkingaboutit

Measuring instruments were distorted by electromagnetic disturbances when placed on the slab where Our Lord is believed to have rested. The measuring instruments were analysing the fabric of tomb and Edicule as part of a much needed restoration of the Edicule. The Edicule was braced with steel in the 1930s as the final Late Ottoman covering of the tomb was tottering decades after substantial works.

NIMAN

34,000,000,000,000.

Thats a lot of watts.

Has it not be scientifically proven that the shroud is not the burial cloth of Jesus? It was dated to the 14th century as far as I remember.

gctest50

Thinkingaboutit wrote: »

Measuring instruments were distorted by electromagnetic disturbances ...........

Any list of the instruments they were using around handy ?

Thinkingaboutit

NIMAN wrote: »

34,000,000,000,000.

Thats a lot of watts.

Has it not be scientifically proven that the shroud is not the burial cloth of Jeses? It was dated to the 14th century as far as I remember.

The ENEA study was on how it was made, not on when it was made. However, the STURP study was possibly misled by taking fabrics which were introduced when the Shroud was repaired after very heavy fire damage, in around the fourteenth century. Later studies suggest much of the fabric is earlier, manufactured in Palestine of the early Christian era. It might be possible to trace at some point a link between the Mandylion, perhaps looted by the knights of the Forth Crusade and the Shroud. The Church is, I believe, neutral on the Shroud, suggesting Catholics can gain benefit as it helps us meditate on Christ's suffering.

The Holy Sepulchre is far more credible anyhow than General Gordon's Garden Tomb, a site which is fairly clearly a Crusader era water trough, built as part of stables, with the appropriate groove and water lining for that use.

I'll find something original on the instruments when I can.

ScumLord

Thinkingaboutit wrote: »

The article suggests this electromagnetic disturbance could be compared to the findings of an ENEA study on the Shroud of Turin which tried to create the Shroud images with a C02 Laser found that 34 thousand billion watts of VUV radiaton would be needed to create the body sized image on the linen.

CO2 lasers are used for cutting metal and welding amongst other things? There are all sorts CO2 lasers, so that statement doesn't really mean a whole lot.

NIMAN wrote: »

Has it not be scientifically proven that the shroud is not the burial cloth of Jesus? It was dated to the 14th century as far as I remember.

I don't think anything has been proven, the shroud continues to confuse people to this day. Apparently there's a face cloth that's been linked to the burial shroud of Jesus, it has a confirmed record going back to the 3rd century, and it appears to be a tear off from the shroud.

So it looks like the shroud predates medieval times at least.

Skommando

NIMAN wrote: »

Has it not be scientifically proven that the shroud is not the burial cloth of Jesus? It was dated to the 14th century as far as I remember.

No apparently they mistakenly tested fibres from the areas patched / repaired over the years. No one knows if it's the actual shroud or not. The church doesn't claim it definitively is. Either way the shroud, like most relics in the church have, is not of huge importance, just more a very interesting curiosity that may or may not be the original shroud. Tests might yet prove it isn't original, but I doubt any test can prove it is.