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The following is a master list of issues and problems that have been raised with respect to William Branham and his message. If you are aware of any errors/problems/concerns that are not on this list, please let us know [[Contact information|by email]] or by a message to us on our Facebook page. | The following is a master list of all of the issues and problems that have been raised with respect to William Branham and his message. If you are aware of any errors/problems/concerns that are not on this list, please let us know [[Contact information|by email]] or by [https://www.facebook.com/BelieveTheSign a message to us on our Facebook page]. | ||
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 issues. Our aim is to have a detailed explanation for each issue when you click on them. To the extent that the specific issue does not link to anything, it simply means we have not had the time to provide a detailed explanation as yet. | 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 issues. Our aim is to have a detailed explanation for each issue when you click on them. To the extent that the specific issue does not link to anything, it simply means we have not had the time to provide a detailed explanation as yet. | ||
=Step One - Take a deep breath= | |||
If you are a message believer, the lists below are going to raise a lot of questions. But just take your time. Think about the questions that we are raising and the facts that we are presenting. | |||
We are not expecting you to believe anything just because we are saying it. But we have provided quotes and references to back up all of our facts and observations. Study these things out for yourself. | |||
To the extent anyone in the message has sought to provide us with an explanation for, or solution to, a specific problem or issue 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 [[If you need help#If you are afraid|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. | |||
=Problems with Prophecies= | =Problems with Prophecies= |
Revision as of 22:47, 25 August 2013
The following is a master list of all of the issues and problems that have been raised with respect to William Branham and his message. 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. 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 issues. Our aim is to have a detailed explanation for each issue when you click on them. To the extent that the specific issue does not link to anything, it simply means we have not had the time to provide a detailed explanation as yet. Step One - Take a deep breathIf you are a message believer, the lists below are going to raise a lot of questions. But just take your time. Think about the questions that we are raising and the facts that we are presenting. We are not expecting you to believe anything just because we are saying it. But we have provided quotes and references to back up all of our facts and observations. Study these things out for yourself. To the extent anyone in the message has sought to provide us with an explanation for, or solution to, a specific problem or issue 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. Problems with Prophecies
General Credibility Issues
Doctrinal/Biblical Issues
Other Issues Relating to William Branham's Message
Doctrinal/Biblical Issues Taught by Message ChurchesThese doctrines were not specifically taught by William Branham (or at least we have not found quotes yet) but are widely held by Message ministers/believers and are taught in 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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