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#[[What if William Branham was a Prophet?]] | #[[What if William Branham was a Prophet?]] | ||
==Was William Branham honest?== | ==Was William Branham honest or merely trying to promote himself?== | ||
The Bible plainly tells us what is expected of Christian leaders: | The Bible plainly tells us what is expected of Christian leaders: | ||
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#Was [[Florence Nightingale]] the granddaughter of the original Florence Nightingale? | #Was [[Florence Nightingale]] the granddaughter of the original Florence Nightingale? | ||
#[[The Houston Photograph|Was the photo from Houston supernatural or just the out of focus picture of a flood light?]] | #[[The Houston Photograph|Was the photo from Houston supernatural or just the out of focus picture of a flood light?]] | ||
#[[Discernment errors|Was William Branham's | #[[Discernment errors|Was William Branham's discernment 100% accurate?]] | ||
#[[Leo Mercer|How could William Branham have allowed Leo Mercer to be part of his ministry?]] | #[[Leo Mercer|How could William Branham have allowed Leo Mercer to be part of his ministry?]] | ||
#[[An Uncertain Sound|Did William Branham claim to be a prophet?]] | #[[An Uncertain Sound|Did William Branham claim to be a prophet?]] | ||
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#[[William Branham's View of Himself|How did William Branham view himself?]] | #[[William Branham's View of Himself|How did William Branham view himself?]] | ||
#[[William Branham and Money|Was William Branham a wealthy man when he died?]] | #[[William Branham and Money|Was William Branham a wealthy man when he died?]] | ||
#[[William Branham Speaking as God|If God spoke through William Branham, why did he mess up?]] | #[[William Branham Speaking as God|If God spoke through William Branham, why did he mess up?]] | ||
==Doctrinal/Biblical Issues== | ==Doctrinal/Biblical Issues== | ||
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#Did his uninformed comments on scientific matters indicate an underlying problem? “Man has one rib less”, “man will never get to the moon”, “The earth is square”, “The sun stood still”, “The lowest form of life is a frog”. Etc | #Did his uninformed comments on scientific matters indicate an underlying problem? “Man has one rib less”, “man will never get to the moon”, “The earth is square”, “The sun stood still”, “The lowest form of life is a frog”. Etc | ||
#Irenaeus was a Catholic Bishop. How he ended up as one of the church messenger, given WMBs stand on the cahtolic church defies logic. | #Irenaeus was a Catholic Bishop. How he ended up as one of the church messenger, given WMBs stand on the cahtolic church defies logic. | ||
==Other strange beliefs of William Branham taught== | |||
William Branham believed, and taught, some outrageous things that people should accept as the truth. Here are a few of these bizarre teachings: | |||
#[[William Branham and Flying Saucers|Are UFO's actually investigating angels?]] | |||
#[[The Rock Where Moses Stood|Did God moved the rock that Moses stood on to the Arizona desert in 1964?]] | |||
#Does the sun revolve around the earth | |||
#[[William Branham and the Pyramids#Who built the pyramids?|Who built the Pyramids?]] | |||
#[[The earth is square|Did you know that the earth is square?]] | |||
#Do women have one less rib than men? | |||
==Other Issues Relating to William Branham's Message== | ==Other Issues Relating to William Branham's Message== |
Revision as of 16:20, 17 July 2014
A number of years ago, we received a sincere question in an email regarding the message of William Branham. We diligently tried to answer the question, but the results of our research raised a lot more questions. We spent several years researching these issues which in turn only raised more questions. Our biggest problem was that no one in our church was prepared to sincerely consider our questions and try to answer them. We talked to many well known ministers that also followed William Branham, but they didn't have any answers either. A few of the more honest ministers actually admitted that we had stumbled onto some questions that they couldn't answer (at least in a way that reflected positively on William Branham). So we kept searching for answers. What was important to us was the Bible and it has always been our sincere desire to follow Christ regardless of the cost. That is more important to us than family, friends or work. Our questions were driven by our desire to know Jesus Christ in his death, burial and resurrection. What does the Bible say about sincere questions?The Book of Acts contains numerous examples of Paul reasoning with the Jews in their synagogues about the Messiah. Paul was dealing with tough questions being put to him by Jews that did not believe the message of Christ. When someone comes to us with a tough question, how are we supposed to respond?
I am not sure why those in our church did not seem to believe or practice this verse, but we have found this attitude through out the message - message believers refuse to answer, or even discuss, our questions in an open and honest manner. Our list of questionsThe following is a master list of all of the issues and problems that have been raised by us and others in respect to William Branham and his message. The purpose of this list is to provide a short concise summary of all known issues that can be used as a quick reference guide when discussing these concerns. Our aim is to provide a detailed explanation for each problem, and the research we have uncovered, when you click on them. To the extent that the specific problem does not link to anything, it simply means we have not had the time to research the issue as yet. OUR PROMISE - If you are aware of any errors/problems/concerns that are not on this list, please let us know by email or by a message to us on our Facebook page. We will correct any factual errors as quickly as possible. Step One - Take a deep breathIf you are a message believer, the list below is frightening. You may get angry. Some have become physically ill. They are going to raise a lot of questions. But please just take your time. Think about the questions that we are asking and the facts that we are presenting (click on the highlighted text to go to the specific research on an issue). We are not expecting you to believe anything just because we are saying it. But what we have done is to provide all of the facts, quotes and references necessary to back up all of our research and observations. Study these things out for yourself. If you can find any errors in our research, we will change the information on our website - please, just let us know about it. To the extent anyone in the message has sought to provide us with an explanation for, or specific solution to, a problem or concern that we have raised, we have listed these in the discussion of the issue. There have not been a lot of explanations to date that have been sent to us, and most of them are easily identified as being the product of Cognitive Dissonance (if you don't know what that is, please click on the link). Finally, don't be afraid. The opposite of love is not hate, but fear. If you have doubts, they need to be resolved, and the only way to do that is to find out the truth. We wished that we had known these things years ago. And we are presenting them here so that you don't have to spend the years researching these issues that we did. Serious Questions relating to William Branham's Prophecies and VisionsWhile at first we found this almost impossible to believe, we have been unable to locate a single unambiguous prophecy that was made in advance in a public forum (on tape) and that was later clearly fulfilled. However, there are numerous examples of visions that were made publicly which failed (were not fulfilled) and prophecies that changed drastically over time. If you click on the individual lines below, they will take you to a detailed explanation of each issue.
Was William Branham honest or merely trying to promote himself?The Bible plainly tells us what is expected of Christian leaders:
William Branham portrayed himself as a simple, honest, uneducated man who was sent from God as a prophet to fore-run the second coming of Christ. However, many of the stories that he told have been proven to be untrue and many of the doctrines that he said he received directly from God were, in fact, plagiarized from other ministers. If you click on the individual items below, they will take you to a detailed explanation of each issue.
Doctrinal/Biblical IssuesWilliam Branham departed significantly from the plain meaning of scripture in many things that he taught. If you click on the individual items below, they will take you to a detailed explanation of each issue.
Other strange beliefs of William Branham taughtWilliam Branham believed, and taught, some outrageous things that people should accept as the truth. Here are a few of these bizarre teachings:
Other Issues Relating to William Branham's Message
Doctrinal/Biblical Issues Taught by Message ChurchesThese doctrines may not have been taught directly by William Branham (or at least we have not found quotes yet) but are widely held by Message ministers/believers and are taught in a variety of message churches (please note that they may not be found in all message churches).
Message believers don't believe these WMB teachingsThere are a few things that William Braham taught that followers of William Branham simply do not believe in any practical sense.
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