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Old April 14th 09, 06:33 PM posted to alt.astronomy
BradGuth
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Default First, it was The Eye of God, now His Hand?

On Apr 14, 10:27*am, "Hagar" wrote:
The religious fruitcakes will interpret anything and everything as an omen,
or as proof of, the existence of some Gawd to whom they enslaved themselves.
They also see the virgin Mary at every corner and also see statues weep and
lastly, they are convinced it is Jebus' face on the shroud of Turin, which
has been
conclusively carbon dated to be much to new for that unlikely event. Of
course,
when your superstitions are threatened, decry the accuracy of carbon dating.

"Ramon F Herrera" wrote in ...



http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/04/14/space.hand


Now a serious question: the CNN text does not make clear the
distinction between the blue hand and the red object. Please explain
them.


What do they mean by "1700 years old"? Is that the distance from
Earth?


TIA,


-Ramon


Lead dating is better (always has been).

~ BG