Piytar:
You said “... the image was burned into it when He converted back to His true form aka rose from the dead.”
I remember a discussion with an elder in the church I belong to about the Shroud. He put forth a similar reasoning for how it was created, along the lines of: “The image was imbedded in the Shroud as it fell through Jesus’ body at the moment of resurrection.”
Sans-Culotte: You stated:
“I think it is, too. However, before the naysayers come in, my faith is not based on whether or not the Shroud is genuine.”
I agree with you. I believe that the Shoud is real, but my Christian faith is NOT based upon whether or not the Shroud is real. It is based upon my belief in the resurrection of Jesus and his promise to us.
There are two show I’ve seen on tv that have dealt with the Shroud that are quite good. One deals with an examination of the Shroud as a 3D image and a computer analysis of it that is used to recreate a computer generated image of Jesus. The second is a show where a bust of Jesus’ head is created using 3D imaging technique and a one of the new “printers” that carves solid objects.
And I remember a third show about the face clothe that covered Jesus’ face before burial. The clothe is at a monastery in Spain and records of it being there go back to around 900 AD. The image on the face clothe was super-imposed over the face image on the Shoud and there is an exact match.
Sometimes the limits of my intellect embarrass me.
I had never heard of this theory and had never considered the possibility...but it makes complete and utter sense to explain the image.
Thanks for the ping. I believe the Shroud is the burial cloth of Jesus. I think his body was dematerialized in the tomb, and that is what made the image on the Shroud, but I don’t know how it was done.