I found the article a little too authoritative, while flip at the same time. Kind of like people who "know" who Jack the Ripper is, and won't listen to any other explanations.

For instance, I've seen pictures of Luigi Garlaschelli, a professor of chemistry at the University of Pavia's created "Shroud." It looks like shit, it doesn't become a positive when photo negatives are taken of it, it responds much differently to X Rays than the Shroud of Turin does. It doesn't even look like the shroud at all. He basically painted a piece of fabric. Also, just because one bit of fabric from the same time period as Christ was found to be inferior quality weaving, it doesn't mean the Shroud wasn't real. The fabric Christ was wrapped in was donated by a very rich man, and there were dozen of different weaves used during the Roman Period in Israel, not to mention all the imported cloth. That proves nothing. ALSO, the fact that the Shroud was in two fires over the centuries could easily have screwed up carbon dating, every single source that refers to the Shroud mentions this fact. Carbon (burnt fabric for instance) messes with carbon dating and makes the results innacurate. There is no way to accurately carbon date things that have been burnt.

I could go on an debunk the rest of the debunking (although I don't know much about the crystal skulls or the faces on the floor things) but I think this article is NOT the definitive word on these issues. less

Kind of cool things to think about though. I have some interesting experiences with Auras. One of my daughters has been able to see them since she was a toddler. She was about 2 or 3 and she would say things like, "Mama, you have purple light around you." Or, "Papi has green light around his head and body." Or, "Baby Sister is covered with pink light, Mama. Why?" I had NO idea what she was talking about, as I had never heard of auras. We were in a book store, and she pointed to a book, and said, "Mama, this is what I see, the light around people." It was a book on auras. It freaked me out. We opened the book and she told me all kinds of interesting things that corresponded with stuff in the book. Only, she can only see one color at a time, most of the time, she sees them better in a dim room, and she says her ability has waned since she learned to read and got older. Now, she's in her early 20s and only sees them on occasion, if she really concentrates.

Weird stuff. less

Kind of cool things to think about though. I have some interesting experiences with Auras. One of my daughters has been able to see them since she was a toddler. She was about 2 or 3 and she would say things like, "Mama, you have purple light around you." Or, "Papi has green light around his head and body." Or, "Baby Sister is covered with pink light, Mama. Why?" I had NO idea what she was talking about, as I had never heard of auras. We were in a book store, and she pointed to a book, and said, "Mama, this is what I see, the light around people." It was a book on auras. It freaked me out. We opened the book and she told me all kinds of interesting things that corresponded with stuff in the book. Only, she can only see one color at a time, most of the time, she sees them better in a dim room, and she says her ability has waned since she learned to read and got older. Now, she's in her early 20s and only sees them on occasion, if she really concentrates.

Weird stuff. less