Turin Shroud and fundamentalist DNA

As told 5

“God doesn't have a DNA it will be Mary's DNA redoubled...American Christian fundamentalists are not even true believers”
1:34:24 Perfil Interview2018-09-09 · 2:59:07

“the first evil idea that comes to your mind is 'Let's look at the DNA then see who really is the father'”
1:02:26 Slavoj Zizek - Talk At Princeton With Cornel West2024-03-21 · 2:18:10

“the most horrible thing that you can imagine for the church is to discover that this really is Christ's shroud”
1:29:25 Are Catastrophes Virtual?2010-10-13 · 1:41:41

What it carries

one story, many jobs: the ideas this anecdote is deployed to argue, one tally mark per use (an idea page shows the same relation from the other end, as its shelf of stories)

contents · one story, 2 jobsuses

authentic fundamentalism ×2 subject supposed to believe ×2

Its cast and sources

populated by

Paul Veyne4 Ariel Sharon1 F.W. Murnau1 Nikolai Yezhov1 Jamie Lee Curtis1 Christopher S Fry1 Wernher von Braun1 Erwin Schrödinger1

alongside works

Did the Ancient Greeks Believe in Their Myths?4 Leap of Faith2 Für Elise1 The Clash of Civilizations1 Precarious Life1 L'Animal que donc je suis (The Animal That Therefore I Am)1 Plato's Dialogues1 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny1

Told together with

33% Anne Frank's belief in the divine spark 2 shared talks 18% Yugoslav dirty jokes as solidarity / moment of loss was civil war 2 shared talks 13% Canned laughter / TV laugh track 2 shared talks 10% Niels Bohr's horseshoe 5 shared talks

Every retelling 5

1:34:24 Perfil Interview2018-09-09 · 2:59:07

Žižek debated fundamentalists about DNA-testing the Turin Shroud stains. They welcomed it, saying God has no DNA, it would just be Mary's DNA redoubled. They treat religious claims as simple facts within a scientific idiom, not as authentic faith., illustrating fundamentalism,belief without belief,ideology

1:02:26 Slavoj Zizek - Talk At Princeton With Cornel West2024-03-21 · 2:18:10

Žižek argues a true Christian should be horrified at the prospect of the Turin Shroud being proven authentic, because the first thought that follows would be: let's check the DNA to find out who the father really was., illustrating belief vs. positive knowledge,fundamentalism,Christian faith as wager

1:29:25 Are Catastrophes Virtual?2010-10-13 · 1:41:41

An Italian priest friend tells Žižek that the worst thing for the Church would be to discover the Turin shroud IS Christ's, because then you'd immediately demand a DNA test to find out who Jesus's father really was. Authentic religion requires uncertainty; fundamentalists want empirical confirmation., illustrating fundamentalist belief vs authentic religion,science and religion,belief and uncertainty

1:08:36 Slavoj Žižek & Sean Carroll: Quantum Physics, the Multiverse, and Time Travel | RP #1182023-07-23 · 1:48:39

A Catholic bishop confesses he prays that the Turin Shroud's blood is NOT Christ's, because DNA analysis might reveal Christ was the result of Mary sleeping with a servant, which would be worse than the mystery., illustrating religion-theology,ideology

40:48 Politics Between Fear and Terror2006-11-15 · 2:01:13

Viennese bishops privately admitted they pray the Turin Shroud is not authentic, because its verification would be terrifying, threatening biogenetic questions about Christ's paternity. Illustrates how even believers are sustained by a minimal gap between belief and its direct realization., illustrating virtual belief,the big Other