Geez. Who’s worshipping? A little sensitive there, are we? It’s is a fascinating artifact, just as evidence that proved the existence of David and Solomon was exciting. I suppose if it were proven not to be the burial shroud, those with VERY WEAK faith might falter, but evidence is pointing to LIGHT being the source of the image, so I doubt it will ever be proven a forgery — or the burial cloth of Christ. I suppose those with VERY WEAK faith need to draw closer to Christ, and not concern themselves with artifacts.
You couldn’t be more right. And they know full well the thing isn’t worshiped, but it’s import that they bear that very false witness, wielding the shroud as a means to project their hatred on fellow Christians. Kinda sick.
Apparently an amount of end-end spectrum UV light (34 thousand billion watts worth - lots of zeros there) which no modern technology can approach. It is not idolatry to be moved and awed by an evident fingerprint of God nor amused at some scientists’ desperate attempts to explain it away. Of course, a finger print is not itself the Entity (which we do worship) Who made it, and in a real sense every sunrise and our ability to contemplate and relish it is as much a fingerprint of God as the Shroud.