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by InsideOutSanta 615 days ago
"being capable of creating a photo negative"

You're calling it a photo negative. It's not a photo negative. It's a painting that has shadows and lights inverted.

"the image on the shroud is not made of paint"

It's made of red paint.

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Not true at all. No red paint in it.

This has been conclusively, scientifically debunked multiple times.

Please provide sources.
Wikipedia's recap indicates compelling evidence of medieval origin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_Turin#Scientific_ana...
Red paint that isn't visible under an electron microscope is some pretty advanced paint.
It's red ochre.