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Miracles Debunked

The Shroud of Turin Skeptic’s Encyclopedia: Everything the Apologists Don't Want You to Know

The Shroud of Turin Skeptic’s Encyclopedia: Everything the Apologists Don't Want You to Know

Is the Shroud of Turin a miracle or a medieval forgery? This 2026 update uses the latest science to debunk "resurrection energy" and reweave myths. Explore radiocarbon dating, image chemistry, and historical evidence proving this famous relic is a 14th-century artifact.

Padre Pio's Stigmata Debunked

Padre Pio's Stigmata Debunked

A clear, skeptical walkthrough of Padre Pio’s stigmata and other claims—what sources actually say, how the stories spread, and where the record is solid versus blurry.

The Bloody Saint: How a Revered Nun Faked the Stigmata for Decades

Miracles Debunked

The Bloody Saint: How a Revered Nun Faked the Stigmata for Decades

Magdalena de la Cruz was revered as a living saint, bearing Christ’s wounds. But on her deathbed, she confessed: the stigmata were faked with animal blood and stage tricks. Her piety was a performance.

The Bloody Host: How a Fungal Infestation Became a Eucharistic Miracle

Miracles Debunked

The Bloody Host: How a Fungal Infestation Became a Eucharistic Miracle

A Texas church believed a communion wafer was bleeding—but lab tests found it wasn’t blood. It was a red-pigmented microbe. The faithful called it a miracle. Science called it a fungus.

Our Lady of Fátima: Miracle or Acid Trip?

Miracles Debunked

Our Lady of Fátima: Miracle or Acid Trip?

Did the sun really dance over Portugal in 1917? Or did tens of thousands of people just see what they were primed to expect? Let's unpack one of Catholicism’s most famous miracles.

How Revival Preachers and Hypnotists Hijack Your Memory

How Revival Preachers and Hypnotists Hijack Your Memory

Memory isn’t a recording—it’s a rewrite. From revivals to hypnosis to courtroom drama, we explore how suggestion and emotion inflate our memories into false certainties that feel undeniably real.

The Resurrection, Fátima, and the Psychology of Memory

Resurrection of Jesus

The Resurrection, Fátima, and the Psychology of Memory

Eyewitness testimony fuels stories like the Resurrection and Fatima’s dancing sun. But what if memory—especially in moments of grief and faith—builds miracles from meaning?

The Fresno Weeping Tree: When Divine Tears Turn Out to Be Bug Poop

The Fresno Weeping Tree: When Divine Tears Turn Out to Be Bug Poop

When a crape myrtle in Fresno began "weeping" in 2013, hundreds claimed it was a divine miracle. Discover the sticky biological reality involving aphids and "honeydew" that turned holy water into bug waste.

The "Weeping Jesus" of Mumbai: A Miracle Drenched in Sewage

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The "Weeping Jesus" of Mumbai: A Miracle Drenched in Sewage

A statue of Jesus in Mumbai was declared miraculous when water dripped from its feet—until skeptic Sanal Edamaruku revealed it was leaking sewage. Then came the threats, the blasphemy charges, and exile.