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Was William Branham honest? If he can be shown to have distorted the truth or if his stories are constantly changing over time such that they vary significantly from their first telling, this would cast doubt on virtually everything that he said. The following list contains issues that raise questions regarding his honesty and truthfulness. Some of these concerns have only recently come to light but they are now sufficient in number that they should raise genuine concern on the part of anyone who is a follower of William Branham. | Was William Branham honest? If he can be shown to have distorted the truth or if his stories are constantly changing over time such that they vary significantly from their first telling, this would cast doubt on virtually everything that he said. The following list contains issues that raise questions regarding his honesty and truthfulness. Some of these concerns have only recently come to light but they are now sufficient in number that they should raise genuine concern on the part of anyone who is a follower of William Branham. | ||
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==[[1933 Ohio River Experience]]== | ==[[1933 Ohio River Experience]]== | ||
Why was there no mention of [[1933 Ohio River Experience|the voice on the Ohio River]] by William Branham prior to 1952? Why did the books by Gordon Lindsay and Julius Stadsklev make no mention of the voice (both books were written based on information that came from William Branham)? Why is there no evidence of the newspaper articles that William Branham referred to? | |||
==[[Plagiarism]]== | ==[[Plagiarism]]== | ||
[[Plagiarism]] is the act of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. Are you aware that William Branham stole multiple messages, doctrines and concepts from other ministers but never properly gave them credit for them. Are you aware that some of these stolen ideas he said came directly from God or the Angel? | [[Plagiarism]] is the act of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. Are you aware that William Branham stole multiple messages, doctrines and concepts from other ministers but never properly gave them credit for them. Are you aware that some of these stolen ideas he said came directly from God or the Angel? | ||
Why would he do this when God speaks against this practice in Jeremiah 23:30 - ''So I, the LORD, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who steal messages from one another that they claim are from me.'' (NET) | |||
==[[Prophecy of the Cloud]]== | ==[[Prophecy of the Cloud]]== | ||
On December 23, 1962, William Branham relates [[Prophecy of the Cloud|a vision in which he sees five angels in a constellation]]. One week later, he changed the number to seven. Why? | |||
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