Why an Atheist Thinks the Shroud of Turin is the Real Deal

Avoiding Confusion

We therefore need to define some terms to work with  to avoid confusion. We will call 3D movies and 3D still pictures that you view with special glasses Anaglyph. Regular photographs and paintings in which the artist has represented depth by the play of light, placement of things and geometric perspective are 3D representations or 3D. Flat paintings and drawing such as the profiles found in Egyptian tombs or on the sides of Greek vases we will call 2D. A drawing of a square is in this sense a 2D picture. A drawing of a cube is a 3D picture. So too is a painting of a bowl of fruit and a portrait of George Washington or a photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken by Matthew Brady. The image on the Shroud of Turin is none of these things. That needs to be repeated. The image on the Shroud of Turin is none of these things.