Yes.....if he really believes that this is the SHROUD of the CRUCIFIED Jesus....how does he NOT believe that this IS the MESSIAH!! Who ELSE leaves his PERFECT PERSON IMPRINT???
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10124235
Still, it took about 18 years before Schwortz became convinced that this piece of cloth "could well be" a relic of Jesus.
"Now that's not a religious comment, but more an archaeological one, if you will, or just one of common sense.
"And yet, the irony of my life is how much time I spend, as a Jew, trying to educate Christians that this could well be a relic of Jesus."