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

A God Who Can Do Anything

A God who can resurrect—and that term is far from well defined—a human being to new life can also suspend the law of conservation. But then too why in the world does he need a turbulence to draw his picture on linen? Was the picture intended, and if so why not simply make it happen. Why not simply, without process, cause the chemical result needed for human eyes to see the picture (though not discernable until the invention of photographic negatives). Or was the picture simply an accidental byproduct, one that God did not intend? Does God act this way?

Does God need scientifically plausible mechanisms? Are miracles definable? A God of astounding exceptions to the laws of nature of one sort cannot be presumed to be bound otherwise by his laws. If the images are miraculous it is unlikely that science can offer much support. But then, too, science cannot say they are not miraculous.