I've always known the Shroud of Turin is genuine. When the carbon dating came out that said it was from the Middle Ages, I knew the carbon dating was wrong. I am absolutely convinced that the Shroud is from the time of Jesus, and I see no reason why it would not be the burial shroud of Jesus himself. After all, why would the early Christian disciples save somebody else's shroud? How did I know it was genuine? Because it is a negative image. It is imprinted on the fibers of the Shroud the way an image is imprinted on a photographic negative, the light areas being dark and the dark areas being light. They knew nothing of photographic negatives in the Middle Ages. No one faking the Shroud would have conceived of inverting the light and dark zones on it. It would not even have entered his mind. Plus, the image on the Shroud is not paint or any kind of pigment. It is burned right into the surface of the fibers as if by some kind of chemical gas process, or perhaps a flash of light. It's not painted on. And how else would it have been made by a Medieval forger, other than with paint? I'm convinced the Shroud is from the 1st century, and was taken from the tomb of someone who had been crucified to death. I see no reason at all why it should not be the shroud of Jesus himself.