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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (46156)1/31/2000 10:02:00 PM
From: Gauguin  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 71178
 
I think the paper that Coby cited and the opinion of the Catholic Encyclopedia were both that there is no blood on the shroud ~ simply pigment.

It does seem, irrelevant to a belief in/appreciation of Christ.

Relics give me the willies, as for what are they necessary? Why should they be pertinent?



To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (46156)1/31/2000 10:15:00 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
Red blood cells can't give DNA because they don't have nuclei. However, it's common practice to get DNA from dried blood, which contains other cells, too.

cdc.gov

I don't see how an item which has been handled as much as the Shroud of Turin could be considered a useful source of DNA - it would be terribly contaminated.


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