# STIGMATA: What do you believe? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 26, 2002, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stigmata-what-do-you-believe/144910 "2002-12-26T00:16:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stigmata-what-do-you-believe/144910/21 "2002-12-26T12:17:17Z")
Nothing is more important to Mr. Magoo than his cane. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stigmata-what-do-you-believe/144910/22 "2002-12-26T13:01:01Z")
I am in the camp of extremely devout Christrians trying to emulate Jesus (“Become more Christ-Like”) and becoming entranced and their subconscious creates these wounds psychosomatically. I think there may genuinely be some who legitimately feel themselves so holy that this happens to them. Props to them for feeling the way they wanted to feel. ---
**Author:** ![Azael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@Azael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azael)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stigmata-what-do-you-believe/144910/23 "2002-12-26T20:53:39Z")
Sounds like an attention-getting ploy to me. “Look at me! I’m so holy!” And yet even if it were some kind of “miracle” it would have to be one of the most asinine and least useful “miracles” God has come up with so far. ---
**Author:** ![IThinkNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ce73a5/32.png) [@IThinkNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IThinkNot)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stigmata-what-do-you-believe/144910/24 "2002-12-26T21:16:54Z")
originally posted by fauxpas: “Well I am merely 14 so, I thought you would understand. What I said in context is depicted throughout various platforms of speech…” Ouch! Maybe it’s just me but everybody appears to be diving off into different tangents. That aside, this topic, as I assume from the rally of replies, is either a touchy subject or I misjudged the belief of Dopers in general. Most of you seem to believe it’s a psychological thing. Okay. I now have a grasp on that. And I am considering just letting the whole thing go, because non-believers in Stigmata (and I do hate that term, non-believer, but I can’t come up with a better one) appear to despise the very idea and revile it with all their energy. Or perhaps I’m full of crap and this is what a true SDMB debate is actually like. If this is so, correct me. Nicely. ---
**Author:** ![fauxpas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e480ec/32.png) [@fauxpas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fauxpas)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stigmata-what-do-you-believe/144910/25 "2002-12-26T22:20:30Z")
Well non-believers would also mean “heathens”. Sorry just wanting to inquire. ---
**Author:** ![jb\_farley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jb\_farley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_farley)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stigmata-what-do-you-believe/144910/26 "2002-12-27T02:18:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Apos \* > \*\*As to WHY God might want to do it, I’m sure any sort of explanation can be come up with as to the possible motivation. No way to really nail it down… \*\* snicker snicker. jb [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stigmata-what-do-you-believe/144910.md?page=1)