Atheist Converts After Scientists Analysed The Cloth ‘Jesus Was Buried In’ (Photos)

Atheist CONVERTS To Christianity After Scientists Analysed The Cloth Jesus Was buried In

‘I cannot possibly understand anything else that could have produced that image’.

Atheist who set out to prove the Shroud of Turin was fake reveals why he’s now ‘convinced’ it’s the cloth Jesus was buried in

Filmmaker David Rolfe was a self-professed atheist when he set out to make a documentary about one of the most revered religious artifacts in history – the Shroud of Turin.

Instead, he was so convinced of its authenticity he converted to Christianity and has since made several documentaries and published books on the shroud.

‘I started off as an atheist, and then became an agnostic. And I’m now a Christian, because I cannot possibly understand anything else that could have produced that image,’ said Rolfe.

The 14-foot-long shroud features a faint, brownish image of a five-foot, six-inch tall man with sunken eyes, wounds on various parts of his body that match the injuries suffered during Jesus’ crucifixion.

Rolfe, from England in the UK, has put up a $1 million prize for anyone who can recreate the shroud’s image of a crucified man without showing traces of ink, paint or other agents.

Prominent research in the 1980s appeared to debunk the idea that the shroud was used to wrap Jesus’ body because testing dated it to the Middle Ages, long after Jesus’ death.

However, as DailyMail.com revealed this week, more recent analysis using modern X-ray techniques once again placed the cloth’s origin back to the time of Christ.

Rolfe explained that the 1980 research focused on a small corner of the shroud which had been repaired some time between 1200 and 1400 due to wear and tear.

It was paraded by bishops throughout history during religious ceremonies in Turin, Italy, where it is housed.

This meant the fabric tested was older the the rest of the material, explained Rolfe.

Rolfe has offered the British Museum – which was involved in what he called that ‘flawed’ analysis – $1 million to reproduce the shroud with its famous imprint.

‘They haven’t attempted, not even for a million dollars,’ he said.

‘I am convinced [the Shroud of Turin] is authentic, I personally have no doubt,’ said Rolfe who recently released a new documentary called ‘Who Can He Be?’

Last year, backed by his film company, Rolfe opened up the $1m prize to anyone who could reproduce the shroud with all of its ‘characteristics.’

By ‘characteristics’ he means the imprint of the wounded man.

For some believers, including Rolfe, the outline Jesus’ body was miraculously imprinted onto the fabric when he was resurrected over 2,000 years ago.

‘I am convinced [the Shroud of Turin] is authentic, I personally have no doubt,’ said Rolfe who recently released a new documentary called ‘Who Can He Be?’

Last year, backed by his film company, Rolfe opened up the $1m prize to anyone who could reproduce the shroud with all of its ‘characteristics.’

By ‘characteristics’ he means the imprint of the wounded man.

For some believers, including Rolfe, the outline Jesus’ body was miraculously imprinted onto the fabric when he was resurrected over 2,000 years ago.

The shroud also does not show signs of ink or dye that would suggested it was a fake – no visible trace of any paint, ink, dye, stain or pigments.

‘Contestants must match both the pattern of bloodstains seen on the Shroud of Turin, and the composition of blood, including hemoglobin, bilirubin, immunoglobulin, and albumin,’ according to the rules of the challenge.

‘In addition, the largest blood stains should exhibit surrounding areas of ultraviolet fluorescence as noted on the Shroud.

‘When light and shade are reversed as in a photographic negative, the image must appear as a realistic and anatomically accurate representation of a body.’

Rolfe told DailyMail.com that no one in his native Britain had claimed the prize.

‘No one has come forward either from America to claim it,’ he added.

‘Once they realize what the actual image characteristics are on the cloth, they quickly realize that they can’t reproduce it.’

Source:- DailymailUK