The definitive round-up to date of Sathya Sai Baba's false claims - Part One.
Date: 12-02-04
By: Brian Steel
This is the definitive round-up to date of compelling evidence of SSB's credibility gap as a storyteller, by Brian Steel. The major documentation is taken from SSB's translated Discourses.
The titles below indicate the contents of this extensive and detailed dossier at:
Stories about SSB's Childhood and Family, and of the Early Years of His Mission.
1. Schoolmates and Claims of Miraculous Cheating in Examinations
2. The Amazing Wolf Messing Anecdotes
3. The Shirdi Sai Baba Story Under the Spotlight
Stories about Jesus Christ in Christmas Discourses
Confused Biographical Memories
Claiming Credit and Name-Dropping
1. Jesus and "Ba-Ba"
2. A Nobel Prize for SSB?
3. The World Bank Does Business Directly with SSB?
Further Basic Confusions: Errors and Discrepancies about Religions
Christianity and Judaism
The Quran
General Knowledge
Verifiable Exaggeration
Dictionaries and Theology
More Numbers and Statistics
False and Conflicting Etymologies
SSB's Bland Yugadi Predictions for Local Consumption