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But just how bad was he went it came to exaggerating things?
But just how bad was he went it came to exaggerating things?


=Number that walked to the platform=
=Ministers walking to the platform=


February 1950:
February 1950:


:''They called, said, "Every preacher come to the platform." Hundred and fifty, more preachers come up to the platform. They was having a conference, international conference.<ref>Here We Have No Continuing City, 50-0200</ref>
:''They called, said, "Every preacher come to the platform." '''Hundred and fifty''', more preachers come up to the platform. They was having a conference, international conference.<ref>Here We Have No Continuing City, 50-0200</ref>


August 1950:
August 1950:


:''They said, "All the preachers come to the platform." Two or three hundred preachers walked to the platform.<ref>Life Story, 50-0820A</ref>  
:''They said, "All the preachers come to the platform." '''Two or three hundred preachers''' walked to the platform.<ref>Life Story, 50-0820A</ref>  


April 1951:
April 1951:


:''They was having a conference…he said, "I want all the preachers to come to the platform." And I guess there's three or four hundred preachers got on the platform.<ref>Life Story, 51-0415A</ref>  
:''They was having a conference…he said, "I want all the preachers to come to the platform." And I guess there's '''three or four hundred preachers''' got on the platform.<ref>Life Story, 51-0415A</ref>  


November 1953:
November 1953:


:''So that night I just waited to see what the would do. They had all the preachers come up on the platform. They said, "We're—we have…" About five hundred of us up there.<ref>Life Story, 53-1108A</ref>  
:''So that night I just waited to see what the would do. They had all the preachers come up on the platform. They said, "We're—we have…" '''About five hundred of us''' up there.<ref>Life Story, 53-1108A</ref>  


In the short space of less than 4 years, the numbers change from 100 to 500! that is 500%. Is that the formula to use to update all his numbers?
Notice that on every telling, the number became larger.  In the short space of less than 4 years, the numbers change from 150 to 500! that is 333%. Is that the formula to use to update all his numbers?


=1933 on the Ohio River=
=1933 on the Ohio River=