Scientists say Turin Shroud is supernatural

[jberryhill]

14. There are people who claim the pyramids were built by ancient aliens

....but the falsity of that claim doesn't make the pyramids "fake".

Likewise, there are people who claim that Shakespeare didn't write his plays. That doesn't make the plays "fake".

So, the question, I guess, is who is specifically making what claim, and is the claim disproved. The Catholic Church does not make any claim as to the authenticity or origin of the shroud.

As an artwork of some kind, the shroud is a lot older than the Mona Lisa. There aren't a whole lot of 800 year old pieces of linen sitting around, so it is quite a remarkable artifact into which a lot of effort has gone into keeping it around. Regardless of its origin, it's an interesting artifact.

So, I agree with you that claims to the effect that it is the burial shroud of an executed Jewish zombie are false to a high degree of confidence. But the artifact itself is a very real thing, and a unique medieval artifact.

I suppose next you'll tell me that the Mayan ruins are "fake" because the deities to whom they were dedicated do not exist.

What makes the story funny, though is the notion of "scientific evidence of a supernatural event". Ummm.... there is no such animal.