Why an Atheist Thinks the Shroud of Turin is the Real Deal

Dmitri Kouznetsov

This had been proposed by a Russian archeological biologist and chemist, Dmitri Kouznetsov. In 1994, he claimed to have experimentally proven that the carbon 14 content of a piece of linen could be changed by intense heat. *** biofractionalization and the chemical bonding, under heat, of extrinisic C14 to the linen Scientists who understand carbon dating doubted it. No one could reproduce his experiments. It seemed to many people that he never conducted the experiments that he claimed. His claims of having collected samples of ancient cloth from specific museums turned out to be false as well. Kouznetsov, the scientist, was coming unraveled. He was busy going about claiming that biological evolution was impossible. Papers written by him were found to have numerous references to other papers that did not exist.