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.
2 claims
A 2020 systematic review of 47 investigations of 38 long-term fasting claimants found no rigorously controlled case confirming anomalous survival without food or fluids, and established fraud in 10 cases.
A 2020 systematic review of 47 investigations of 38 long-term fasting claimants found no rigorously controlled case confirming anomalous survival without food or fluids, and established fraud in 10 cases.
Modern dermatology and psychiatry have identified several plausible mechanisms — psychogenic purpura, hematidrosis, Gardner-Diamond syndrome, and deliberate self-infliction — that can produce stigmata-like wounds without supernatural causation.
Modern dermatology and psychiatry have identified several plausible mechanisms — psychogenic purpura, hematidrosis, Gardner-Diamond syndrome, and deliberate self-infliction — that can produce stigmata-like wounds without supernatural causation.