One of the most common things you will hear from people of faith in the news is that Jesus or Mary has been spotted on a tree, on a rock, or an a potato chip. While ancient inscriptions can be studied by experts and aged using Carbon 14, most religious shrines that spring up have a very logical scientific explanation that is not supernatural by any stretch of the imagination.
Ancient inscriptions have long fascinated archeologists and other scientists. With the latest scientific equipment, the age of these can be determined very accurately. Some religious artifacts such as the Dead sea Scrolls have been dated back over several thousand years bolstering the arguments of religious scholars. However; dating on other religious artifacts such as the Shroud of Turin have shown that it only dates back a few centuries. This has not stopped many people from still claiming that the Shroud of Turin is still the burial cloth of Jesus Christ himself and it is still considered a holy artifact by many religious people to this day.
Los Angeles was one of the first places in America where Catholics established missions to educate the natives from the area, and there are many artifacts from these early years that date back to the 15th and 16th Century. Before you decide whether or not an artifact is authentic, it's best to get the opinion of a scientist who can do Carbon 14 dating on an artifact to see if it indeed authentic and dates back to the earliest days of America being settled.
For a look at some of these artifacts, pay a visit next time you are in Los Angeles to the Diocese of Los Angeles and the West and take a tour of the exhibits they have to offer and you'll be swept back in time to the days of the Spanish Conquistadors.
Ancient inscriptions have long fascinated archeologists and other scientists. With the latest scientific equipment, the age of these can be determined very accurately. Some religious artifacts such as the Dead sea Scrolls have been dated back over several thousand years bolstering the arguments of religious scholars. However; dating on other religious artifacts such as the Shroud of Turin have shown that it only dates back a few centuries. This has not stopped many people from still claiming that the Shroud of Turin is still the burial cloth of Jesus Christ himself and it is still considered a holy artifact by many religious people to this day.
Los Angeles was one of the first places in America where Catholics established missions to educate the natives from the area, and there are many artifacts from these early years that date back to the 15th and 16th Century. Before you decide whether or not an artifact is authentic, it's best to get the opinion of a scientist who can do Carbon 14 dating on an artifact to see if it indeed authentic and dates back to the earliest days of America being settled.
For a look at some of these artifacts, pay a visit next time you are in Los Angeles to the Diocese of Los Angeles and the West and take a tour of the exhibits they have to offer and you'll be swept back in time to the days of the Spanish Conquistadors.