Welcome to the forum Ian.
Yes, I don't see why the shroud is so important to some people. Personally my New Testament is enough, what's the point in clinging on to a "hope" of the shroud being real? - It's not like it bares any reference to my faith anyway...... Wasn't it a possible Davinci?
I heard Leanardo lived at the time of the shroud, and apparently he was so skilled you could not even find brush strokes in his works. It also looks like Leanardo Davinci the image on the shroud.
Don't get me wrong there's always a chance it's the real thing, but at the moment science says it isn't - and who cares?
[This message has been edited by Columbo, 01-15-2004]