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Talk:Pious fraud

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Donation of Constatine[edit]

Does this count as pious fraud?

And what about all the religious houses which created their foundation charters through 'back formation' (the documents were lost, or the establishment 'just grew')? Anna Livia (talk) 16:32, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Padre Pio[edit]

While no proof that his hand and foot wounds were really motivated by supernatural forces, the wounds were examined by doctors both secular and otherwise to check out the acid theory and weren't. They might have been caused by other sources but the examination determined they bled through the skin, not actual wounds. https://www.amazon.com/Padre-Under-Investigation-Francesco-Castelli-ebook/dp/B004UC8EGQ/ — Unsigned, by: 173.191.18.180 / talk 00:19, 23 February 2018‎ (UTC)

On talk pages, please sign your comments using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking on the sign button: SigButt.png on the toolbar above the edit panel. You can also indent successive talk page comments using one more colon (:) for each line. Thank you. CowHouse (talk) 05:03, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

Peyre's requirement section change[edit]

I don't like it. Not enough to revert it, but enough to want to talk about it. It's weird and feels very "no u" in a way that seems to suggests we think that anyone is doing a secret hateful extremist thing. Feels off. ikanreed 🐐Bleat at me 21:28, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

ISLAM[edit]

Taquiyya was only permitted under extreme circumstances, for example, when life was threatened. So, the article has misrepresented this concept:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyq_0la254U

Rosa Lichtenstein (talk) 22:43, 15 October 2019 (UTC)