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

 U.S. News & World Report

It didn’t play out that way. If you were looking for a way to dispute that carbon dating of the shroud, you had it. Though it may have been premature of draw any conclusions about the true age of the shroud you could say, quite validly, that the sheen was off the carbon dating of the shroud. Unless Gove, et. al. were proven wrong, there was reason for reasonable doubt. Jeffery L. Sheler, writing in the July 24, 2000, issue of U.S. News & World Report, quotes Gove as saying, “There is a bioplastic coating on some threads, maybe most.” Gove goes on to say that if there is a sufficient quantity of bioplastic it “would make the fabric sample seem younger than it should be.”