Oh Catholics and their relics.
It’s not just a Catholic thing.
I took a class with Liberty University a number of years ago (video + online), and one of the lectures was about the case for the shroud. I don’t remember how strongly he worded his conclusions, but it there was definitely a “do not dismiss it out of hand” aspect to it. (He seemed more bullish on its authenticity than he expected us to be.)
Gary Habermas was the instructor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Habermas
What a flippant attitude towards the burial cloth of our Lord which shows His Solemnity, Majesty, and intense Suffering. Not one paint stroke on the body of the Shroud. Carbon 14 only picked up a fire it was in. What I notice about Shroud scoffers is they tend to be very drive-by. Because anyone who studies it in detail starts to realize it’s real. We can’t replicate it to this day. The energy necessary to burn our Lord’s Image on the Shroud is equal to 8 billion watts. He has left us pictorial evidence of the power of His Resurrection and we get this ho-hum stuff. Do you not see why He did this? Are we not surrounded by unbelieving pagans? Your five words are very revealing. You hate it because many “Catholics” believe it’s authentic, don’t you? Your post is more about anti-Catholic hatred/bigotry than the Shroud. The woman who was healed by touching the hem of Jesus’ garment. those healed by Peter’s shadow or handkerchiefs that had touched his skin, just old worthless Catholic “relics”, right?