Monday, February 27, 2012

Shroud of Turin a source of spiritual strength for academic


From Canada-

Trinity Western University professor Phillip Wiebe has been a convert to the power of The Shroud of Turin since 2000.

That's when the 66-year-old old Anglican academic had an epiphany upon first viewing the shroud in Turin Cathedral in northern Italy. Many Christians consider the shroud the bona fide burial cloth of a crucified Jesus.

Even though Wiebe teaches at an evangelical university where faculty are expected to adhere to traditional Christian doctrine, the member of the Church of the Ascension in Langley City admits being blown away by his first-hand experience of the Turin shroud.

In that ecstatic moment, Wiebe was finally convinced that the resurrection of Jesus Christ was an actual physical event. "I was shocked at the confidence I felt. It made me realize I had doubts about the resurrection."

Since then, Wiebe, a philosophy professor who has written scholarly books on reported religious miracles and visions, such as God and Other Spirits, has been giving scores of presentations about the four-metre-long shroud.

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http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Shroud+Turin+source+spiritual+strength+academic/6214526/story.html#ixzz1naHCwx7u

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