figshare
Browse
Face to Face.pdf (10.51 MB)

A Debate Concerning the Authenticity of the Turin Shroud

Download (10.51 MB)
journal contribution
posted on 2018-01-05, 02:24 authored by John SmithJohn Smith
"Skepticism" is another word for "materialism". So called skeptics are not skeptical per se (doubting any claim to knowledge without prejudice like the ancient Pyrrhonist skeptics (1) ) but are skeptical only of things that contradict their philosophy of materialism, the predominant philosophy of our time. Close to the top of skeptic's list of things to doubt are the ideas of Jesus of Nazareth, by far the most influential critic of materialism who ever lived, and so it goes without saying that skeptics fear above most other things the idea that the Turin Shroud is the authentic burial garment of Jesus of Nazareth. If the TS is the authentic burial garment of Jesus of Nazareth, and if it is -as most in the pro-authenticity camp maintain- a witness to the resurrection, then Jesus' anti-materialistic philosophy is true, and materialists and everyone who opposes the Nazarene's philosophy is a) wrong and b) in deep trouble. Here I debate with a random internet skeptic who offers "weighty reasons" why the man in TS was not Jesus of Nazareth...

History

Usage metrics

    Categories

    Licence

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC