Will they, then, want the government to tax it all away? "Fools and their money are soon parted."

Indeed. When ego and pride get involved, that's when hateful remarks are made.

It's not paint
It's not pigment
There's no dye
It's not burned onto it.

It is a picture captured on linen. Not known as a substance that ever captures pictures.
It is a record of the historicity of a Roman crucifixion.
It bears the marks of the lashes, the nails, the thorns, the dislocations, a bladed weapon thrust into His side.