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VOL. INO. 17
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1992
REPUBLIC NEWSPAPERS
Some see and believe
By RENEE WALSER
Speaking of Christ's
life, crucifixion and resur-
rection, Kevin Moran said,
"It makes you really shiver
to think that God would go
to this much trouble for us."
Moran of Belmont has
been researching the fa-
mous Shroud of Turin for
12 years.
He's convinced of its
authenticity and makes a
hobby of trying to convince
others. April 4th he pre-
sented his evidence to
about 30 at the Church of
God in Kings Mountain.
Moran told the story of
a Saviour who was tortured
so severely that his death
and crucifixion could not be
shown on television today.
He pointed out marks,
over 120, on a large poster
of the burial cloth of Jesus
where he was scourged on
his back and where the
lance pierced his side from
front to back, all the way
through.
The figure on the cloth
shows a front and back of a
six-foot tall man. Some,
even Christians through
the years, have said the im-
age was painted on the ma-
terial. But Moran said the
image was created by
Christ's resurrection - some
type of light and radiation.
Moran is backed up by
physicists who have studied
the shroud.
"The easiest way to ex-
plain this image is a burst
of light," said Moran.
Moran said it was sci-
entists and aetheists who
first called attention to the
image and began studying
the shroud.
It is the scientists who
tell us that we are directly
related to this man - 60
generations away from him.
They have even typed
his blood - AB.
And scientists say
that no painter in history
has ever worked in the
fashion of which the image
was created. Furthermore,
painters would not have
used a cloth such as the
Kevin Moran points out marks on a picture of the Shroud where Christ was
beaten.
shroud.
"When we think that
modern scientists are ex-
posing the details of the
resurrection, it's really an
exciting thing," said Moran.
Pollens from the
Jerusalem area were found
See Shroud, Page 3
A photograph of the Holy Shroud.