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Authenticity of miracles since Jesus's death

Authenticity of miracles since Jesus's death

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@moonbus said
https://www.lourdes-france.org/en/the-miracles-of-lourdes/


70 cases of miraculous cures at Lourdes have been recognized by the Church. 70 out of thousands of visitors hoping for a miraculous cure.

Compare this with the rate of spontaneous remission in cancer patients:

https://dartmed.dartmouth.edu/spring09/html/disc_remission.php

One in five breast cancers disa ...[text shortened]... rs without treatment.

Logical conclusion: if you want breast cancer to disappear, avoid Lourdes.
Yikes. Seems harsh.

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@moonbus said
Tommy seeing Jesus in his toast isn’t miraculous. The Church has clear criteria for what constitutes a miracle.
Well, that was partially my point, but the Church has criteria for a lot of stuff, presumably also for how many shenanigans they'll abide from a priest before they transfer him.

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