[Conservative til I die]

Are we supposed to conclude that during the 700 or so years between the death of Christ and the latest date (according to this article) that the shroud could have been made, there lived not a single person who had even the slightest interest in faking the burial shroud of Jesus? How likely is that?

Totally irrelevant.

[snarks_when_bored]

There were later relevant comments:  #23, #37, #47, #51, #56, #71, #80, #84, #90, #96, #100, #147, #178.