“What is your difficulty with believing that this shroud is what it is claimed to be?”
The burden of proof is on the propents. They have not met their burden. Indeed, best evidence to date is that it is a 800 year old fake.
“In other words, you identify yourself as “Christian.” Why does the presence of this shroud present a problem?”
It presents no problem at all, and its veracity or non-veracity would change nothing in my belief that Jesus Christ was/is the Son of God.
“There is a disconnect between your strong opinion and your religious identification.”
I don’t have a strongh opinion, and would be pleasantly surprised if the shroud turned out to be real. You mistake my refusal to capitulate to the hysteria of the Shroudies as a strong opinion.