[Protagoras]

That said, I will always consider anything "new" offered, but as it stands right now, there is nothing to demonstrate this cloth is old enough to be anything beyond a "hoax".

No precisely true. The new observation about the stitching may demonstrate it, albeit not to your satisfaction.

I'm glad we cleared up the "hoax" thing. It could be many things, a hoax is only one, and a very remote one. Mis-attribution of the historical origin of the cloth cannot be fairly described as a hoax. It would take a deliberate attempt to manufacture a misleading item, probably in consort with others, making it a conspiracy as well. Possible, but extremely unlikely.

[Badeye]

"The new observation about the stitching may demonstrate it, albeit not to your satisfaction."

Thats it in a nutshell. The "stitching" question doesn't outweight the carbon 14 testing too me.

Like I said, I'll keep checking out anything else that comes up on this topic, but for now I remain unconvinced, and skeptical.

No offense intended towards those that believe as a matter of faith.