Real Seekers

This will be the first of two Podcasts discussing what I call the Shroud images’ “Minimal Relevant Features (or MRF’s for short), whereby I will discuss the first 5 such features which are relevant to the question of what mechanisms can account for how the images might have been formed.

Hypotehtically, if one could prove that the historical Jesus predicted his death and subsequent Resurrection/Vindication and further prove that Jesus was in fact risen from the dead, might one obtain double warrant from the circumstance of the prior prediction of such an amazing event?  I answer "Yes" and surprisingly, my Atheist interlocutor also answers "yes" as well!

In the third installment of our Shroud Wars debate series, two Shroud experts, Bob Rucker (Pro-Shroud) and Hugh Farey (Shroud Skeptic) go head to head to battle it out on the 1988 C-14 dating and how the images may or may not have been formed artistically.

Well folks, its finally here!  Round 1 of the big showdown between Dale (Pro-Shroud) and his nemesis Alan (the Shroud skeptic).  The topics that will be covered in Round 1 include;

i) What is the Relevance of the Dating to Begin With?  Even if the Shroud is Medieval, who cares!

ii) Pro-Medieval Evidence #1- The Memorandum of Bishop D’Arcis (1389 A.D.).

iii) Pro-Medieval Evidence #2- The Archeological Evidence from the Pilgrim’s Badges/Medallion (1349-1356 A.D.).

iv) Pro-Medieval Evidence #3- The 1988 C-14 Dating

Dr. Michael L. Brown comes on the show to discuss some Jewish objections to Jesus, issues pertaining to biblical sexuality and the Charismatic movement.

Randal Rauser gives his take on how to read the early chapters of Genesis.

Dr. Tony Costa joins us to discuss the Ontological Argument for God's existence.

I really like Anthony Magnabosco, his approach to ding Street Epistemology whereby he respectfully probes people of various worldviews to understand why they believe what they do is a very inspirational and I think, even as an Atheist, many Christians could learn a thing or two from Anthony’s respectful yet probing approach that allows people to be challenged to think harder about their beliefs without feeling defensive.

The former Christian co-host of Hinge and Room for Doubt comes on our episode to explain his recent deconversion but explains that he still sees many of the arguments for God and Jesus to have merit. He explains that he feels "Christ-haunted" listen to an Atheist and a Christian try to engage in a hypothetical tug-of-war to persuade him off the fence one way or the other.

In this special interview, Shroud expert and scientist Kelly Kearse has reached out to me to say that he’d like to provide a unique perspective on the Shroud’s bloodstain images specifically. He has authored multiple academic papers on the Shroud’s blood images (some of which are included in the sources section below).  Kelly is also a member of STERA, Inc.’s Board of Directors.  What conclusions can we glean from the Shroud’s bloodstains; is it real blood? What are their features and properties? What significance do they have in terms of natural image formation mechanisms and its possible link to the historical Jesus? All this and more is answered by this honoured guest.