the shroud of turin

how could it be genuine?

think about this:

if you paint a ball red, and then wrap it in a blanket, the ball isn't going to leave a red circle on the blanket.

why? why? because it's a three-dimensional object with more than one surface, and as the blanket covers all of it's contours, it's going to record a distorted image.

i'd love for someone to use an image of the shroud to extrapolate a model of what sort of twisted, pole thin, sickly, un-human form would result in the image left on it.