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==What about Jorgensen's biography of William Branham?== | ==What about Jorgensen's biography of William Branham?== | ||
I would be remiss if I did not also point out again that Mr. Jorgenson wrote Supernatural: The Life of William Branham. This book has been offered by himself and many others as a biography of William Branham’s life. Yet a very large portion of the facts and events contained therein have since been proven inaccurate, misleading, or even outright fiction. | I would be remiss if I did not also point out again that Mr. Jorgenson wrote [[Supernatural: The Life of William Branham]]. This book has been offered by himself and many others as a biography of William Branham’s life. Yet a very large portion of the facts and events contained therein have since been proven inaccurate, misleading, or even outright fiction. | ||
As an author, it is not a crime to write about the life of a man you greatly admire, or even to transcribe the events of his life in accordance with the testimony of the man about whom you are writing. But when the book is marketed and described as a “biography” resulting from twenty five years of research, the standard is — and should be — much higher for factual verification. | As an author, it is not a crime to write about the life of a man you greatly admire, or even to transcribe the events of his life in accordance with the testimony of the man about whom you are writing. But when the book is marketed and described as a “biography” resulting from twenty five years of research, the standard is — and should be — much higher for factual verification. | ||
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#Either he was aware of the mountain of “facts” that cannot be made to fit, and chose to ignore them; or | #Either he was aware of the mountain of “facts” that cannot be made to fit, and chose to ignore them; or | ||
#He was simply unaware of them. The first option calls into question Mr. Jorgenson’s integrity and reliability as a biographer, the second reveals a stark absence of meaningful research. | #He was simply unaware of them. The first option calls into question Mr. Jorgenson’s integrity and reliability as a biographer, the second reveals a stark absence of meaningful research. | ||
=''To quote Brian Tracy...''= | =''To quote Brian Tracy...''= | ||