[Brookhaven]

...I have studied the Shroud of Turin for years. I believe that it is real.

So what?

I don't mean to be insulting, but what does it really matter?

• Is anyone (even a single person) going to be damned to Hell, because they didn't believe the shroud was authentic? No.
• Will anyone have their sins forgiven, because they believed in the shroud? No.
• Will anyone go to heaven, because they believed in the shourd? No.

[cycle of discernment]

It matters, because it is an astonishing anomaly and gives us tantalizing clues to the true nature of our reality ( souls/energetic forms/whatever you like)also backing up Jesus’s claims to the spiritual realm/Kingdom.

[tractorman]

The shroud may or may not be authentic.
If it is, great. If it isn’t, oh well.

In any event, I know that my Redeemer lives!