Talk:Stigmata

"They're a psychosomatic condition: if a person has strong enough faith in their relationship with God, and wants to have stigmata strongly enough, their body may respond with physical symptoms." —  Are we suggesting that one seriously? Because that's woo-ier than homeopathy. Belief can't make external wounds spontaneously appear on your body any more than believing you're a cat makes you grow cat ears. 20:54, 8 February 2009 (EST)
 * Absolutely right. I know that first hand (well, I don't believe I'm a cat, but you get the picture). I think that we meant that their bodies may respond with non-external wound type reactions. --"CURtalk 20:57, 8 February 2009 (EST)
 * Could you clarify what "non-external wound type reactions" are? It still sounds awfully woo-y.   21:06, 8 February 2009 (EST)
 * Possibly pains, aches, itches. --"CURtalk 21:07, 8 February 2009 (EST)
 * Well, the whole idea of stigmata is that it's an external wound, so I don't think simply feeling pain qualifies.  21:10, 8 February 2009 (EST)

(EC)It's a theory that's been proposed many times (e.g. see ,,, results of a quick Google search). It might not apply so much to the open-wound cases, more to examples involving bruising & lighter marks. Feel free to refute it. 21:12, 8 February 2009 (EST)
 * Where can I find me one of those Jesus shaped laser guns? Very useful for door to door religion salesperson avoidance, I would think.... Sightblinder 20:46, 9 February 2009 (EST)

Purpura
Why would purpura appear only on the hands and feet, and nowhere else on the body?

Padre Pio
The claim about Padre Pio and the acid is notably made by one pharmacist who claimed he bought it once from her. He's certainly a controversial figure but this claim is unsubstantiated otherwise and acid would leave very distinctive marks versus traditional stabbing. So, "widely believed" is an odd claim and basically goes with just one specific sensationalist claim.
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