Please let's be rational about the shroud. One of the major issues with the shroud was the carbon dating which had orignally placed the shroud in the 13th century. This initial dating proved to be erroneous. The sample taken reflected a later added weave which was used to preserve the cloth. Additionally a second sample used gave the carbon date of the 1st century. It become clear that if both samples are to be accepted as accurate the oldest in time is controlling. Of more important note is the weave which was indicative of 1st century palestine, as are the pollen samples, the coins in the eyes. The physiology of the body is far beyond what the medieval ages could do let alone antiquity. Additionally the mere fact that the shroud could be replicated has no bearing whatsoever on it's authenticity. That is like saying because I can make a reproduction of the dagger that killed Julius Ceasar that the fact somehow helps establish that ceasar was never killed. No one is forcing you to belief but if you chose not to believe at least use your god given reason, this is so even if you don't acknowledge the one who gave it to you. The greater fraud is the reproduction not the original.