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.
11 claims
Following cremation of Buddhist monks, small crystal or bead-like objects called sarira are frequently recovered from the ashes and venerated as signs of spiritual attainment — a phenomenon spanning multiple centuries and cultures.
Following cremation of Buddhist monks, small crystal or bead-like objects called sarira are frequently recovered from the ashes and venerated as signs of spiritual attainment — a phenomenon spanning multiple centuries and cultures.
A gospel singer paralyzed in a 1987 car accident stood and walked during a revival service in 2010 after 22 years in a wheelchair, captured on video and widely circulated, but with no publicly verified medical records before or after the event.
A gospel singer paralyzed in a 1987 car accident stood and walked during a revival service in 2010 after 22 years in a wheelchair, captured on video and widely circulated, but with no publicly verified medical records before or after the event.
In the early 1980s, a cardiac arrest patient named Maria described seeing a worn blue tennis shoe on a specific third-floor window ledge of Harborview Hospital — a detail her social worker said she subsequently verified.
In the early 1980s, a cardiac arrest patient named Maria described seeing a worn blue tennis shoe on a specific third-floor window ledge of Harborview Hospital — a detail her social worker said she subsequently verified.
A devotional image of the Virgin Mary is embedded in a rock face in the Guaitara River canyon in Colombia, reportedly appearing miraculously in 1754; geological analysis claims the pigment penetrates meters into the stone.
A devotional image of the Virgin Mary is embedded in a rock face in the Guaitara River canyon in Colombia, reportedly appearing miraculously in 1754; geological analysis claims the pigment penetrates meters into the stone.
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.
British Pentecostal evangelist Smith Wigglesworth claimed to have raised between three and fourteen people from the dead across his ministry (sources vary wildly), but not one account was ever independently authenticated, and his own daughter remained deaf despite his healing ministry.
British Pentecostal evangelist Smith Wigglesworth claimed to have raised between three and fourteen people from the dead across his ministry (sources vary wildly), but not one account was ever independently authenticated, and his own daughter remained deaf despite his healing ministry.
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.
Each Orthodox Holy Saturday, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch emerges from Christ's Tomb bearing candles said to have been lit by spontaneous blue flame — claimed as the longest-attested annual Christian miracle.
Each Orthodox Holy Saturday, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch emerges from Christ's Tomb bearing candles said to have been lit by spontaneous blue flame — claimed as the longest-attested annual Christian miracle.
A reproduction of the Iveron icon, entrusted to Chilean-Canadian Orthodox layman Jose Munoz-Cortes in Montreal in 1982, reportedly streamed fragrant myrrh almost continuously for 15 years until its guardian was murdered and the icon vanished.
A reproduction of the Iveron icon, entrusted to Chilean-Canadian Orthodox layman Jose Munoz-Cortes in Montreal in 1982, reportedly streamed fragrant myrrh almost continuously for 15 years until its guardian was murdered and the icon vanished.
The icon central to Pontic Greek Orthodox identity, attributed by tradition to St. Luke the Evangelist, was secretly buried by monks in 1923 at the time of the Lausanne population exchange and successfully recovered and transferred to Greece in 1931.
The icon central to Pontic Greek Orthodox identity, attributed by tradition to St. Luke the Evangelist, was secretly buried by monks in 1923 at the time of the Lausanne population exchange and successfully recovered and transferred to Greece in 1931.
After Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc self-immolated in 1963, his heart was reportedly found intact after cremation, re-burned, and still remained unconsumed — a relic now enshrined at Xa Loi Pagoda that has not been independently scientifically examined.
After Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc self-immolated in 1963, his heart was reportedly found intact after cremation, re-burned, and still remained unconsumed — a relic now enshrined at Xa Loi Pagoda that has not been independently scientifically examined.