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Unfortunately, the author is simply one of William Branham's many followers who fail to look at their prophet critically. Jorgensen effectively takes William Branham's word as gospel and, not only does not perform any critical analysis of William Branham's life, he also assumes that everything that William Branham stated about his life was true. | Unfortunately, the author is simply one of William Branham's many followers who fail to look at their prophet critically. Jorgensen effectively takes William Branham's word as gospel and, not only does not perform any critical analysis of William Branham's life, he also assumes that everything that William Branham stated about his life was true. | ||
Any credible book review will pan this series. Jorgensen's use of corroborating evidence is almost non-existence with | Any credible book review will pan this series. Jorgensen's use of corroborating evidence is almost non-existence with the bibliography for Book One limited to: | ||
#a single scholarly work, | #a single scholarly work, | ||
#two books that were effectively marketing pieces for William Branham (where the majority of information came from William Branham himself), | #two books that were effectively marketing pieces for William Branham (where the majority of information came from William Branham himself), | ||
#a book by a fellow follower of William Branham, | #a book by a fellow follower of William Branham, | ||
#a magazine published by William Branham's daughter. | #a magazine published by William Branham's daughter, and | ||
#William Branham's books and sermons. | |||
The lack of credible research is reflected throughout the book on an almost constant basis. | The lack of credible research is reflected throughout the book on an almost constant basis. For example: | ||
#There is a reference to an article in the ''Jeffersonville Evening News'' entitled "Mysterious Star Appears Over Minister While Baptizing", however, based on the work of research performed by [[Searching for Vindication]], it appears that this reference is simply based on a story by William Branham. (Book Two, Pg. 117) | #There is a reference to an article in the ''Jeffersonville Evening News'' entitled "Mysterious Star Appears Over Minister While Baptizing", however, based on the work of research performed by [[Searching for Vindication]], it appears that this reference is simply based on a story by William Branham. (Book Two, Pg. 117) | ||