The claims
Each entry pairs a reported miracle with the documentary record and an honest, confidence-labeled estimate of how likely it is that no natural explanation accounts for it.
Each entry pairs a reported miracle with the documentary record and an honest, confidence-labeled estimate of how likely it is that no natural explanation accounts for it.
8 claims
The Venerable Bede, in his Prose Life of St. Cuthbert (c. 721 CE) and Ecclesiastical History (731 CE), catalogues dozens of miracles by the Northumbrian bishop including post-mortem healings from his incorrupt body.
The Venerable Bede, in his Prose Life of St. Cuthbert (c. 721 CE) and Ecclesiastical History (731 CE), catalogues dozens of miracles by the Northumbrian bishop including post-mortem healings from his incorrupt body.
Two major broadcast investigations — an HBO documentary in 2001 and repeated NBC Dateline reports — followed up on Benny Hinn's claimed miracle healings and found no medically verified cases among those tracked.
Two major broadcast investigations — an HBO documentary in 2001 and repeated NBC Dateline reports — followed up on Benny Hinn's claimed miracle healings and found no medically verified cases among those tracked.
Heidi Baker's Iris Global ministry in Mozambique has claimed numerous blind and deaf healings since the 1990s; the STEPP study (2010) measured improvements in 24 participants, but Baker's individual healing testimonies lack independent medical verification.
Heidi Baker's Iris Global ministry in Mozambique has claimed numerous blind and deaf healings since the 1990s; the STEPP study (2010) measured improvements in 24 participants, but Baker's individual healing testimonies lack independent medical verification.
Over four decades of mass crusades across Africa, Reinhard Bonnke reported millions of conversions and thousands of healings, but independent medical verification of specific cases has never been published, and skeptical analysis identifies a pattern of unsubstantiated claims.
Over four decades of mass crusades across Africa, Reinhard Bonnke reported millions of conversions and thousands of healings, but independent medical verification of specific cases has never been published, and skeptical analysis identifies a pattern of unsubstantiated claims.
At the 1903 canonization of Seraphim of Sarov, attended by 200,000 including Tsar Nicholas II, numerous healings were reported at the translation of his relics — even though the pre-canonization commission had found the body was NOT incorrupt.
At the 1903 canonization of Seraphim of Sarov, attended by 200,000 including Tsar Nicholas II, numerous healings were reported at the translation of his relics — even though the pre-canonization commission had found the body was NOT incorrupt.
The 1st-century CE Pythagorean philosopher Apollonius of Tyana was credited with healings, exorcisms, prophecy, and a resurrection in a biography by Philostratus written c. 220-235 CE.
The 1st-century CE Pythagorean philosopher Apollonius of Tyana was credited with healings, exorcisms, prophecy, and a resurrection in a biography by Philostratus written c. 220-235 CE.
The 2008 Florida Healing Outpouring drew massive crowds and claimed dozens of healings and twenty resurrections from the dead, but ABC Nightline found not a single claim independently verifiable, and World magazine reported several 'healed' individuals had since died of their conditions.
The 2008 Florida Healing Outpouring drew massive crowds and claimed dozens of healings and twenty resurrections from the dead, but ABC Nightline found not a single claim independently verifiable, and World magazine reported several 'healed' individuals had since died of their conditions.
Faith healer W.V. Grant was exposed by James Randi for faking leg-lengthening healings and using prayer-card cold reading, then convicted by the IRS in 1996 for failing to report $375,000 in taxable income.
Faith healer W.V. Grant was exposed by James Randi for faking leg-lengthening healings and using prayer-card cold reading, then convicted by the IRS in 1996 for failing to report $375,000 in taxable income.