[Petrosius]

The Shroud we have could well be the real McCoy. But how about the Savior whom it wrapped? The Shroud can’t come to you in your distress and love you. It can’t perpetually pardon your sins. It can’t arrange answers to your prayers that could have only come from God. These capabilities belong squarely to the divine.

And who said that it could? We cherish it because it wrapped the body of the One we love.

[HiTech RedNeck]

S’excuse s’accuse?

Anyhow it’s not quite like having your late great aunt’s hat, your late great aunt herself having moldered away in the grave so the hat is the only tangible thing you have. He’s alive, and will come to all who call in sincerity.

I’m an equal opportunity artifactolatry critic when it comes to, say, bible codes. Well, what about what the bible actually says?