As so far as Steve's question, whether or not I believed if the shroud was that of Jesus, I think anyone would have to weigh the evidence

The evidence is that the cloth is thirteenth or fourteenth century. That's proper evidence, obtained using carbon dating. So guess what happened when the open-minded Christians heard this devastating news. They claimed that the sample used for the dating had been a medieval invisible repair! There's your almost perfect science vs faith microcosm for you!

But, Guffy, you know all this, of course. So, in the light of it all, do you believe that the Turin shroud bears the true contact image of the body of Christ?