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'''William David Upshaw''' was born on October 15, 1866, near Atlanta, Georgia and died on November 21, 1952. He served in Congress during the late 1910's and throughout the 1920's, and ran for the office of the President for the Prohibition Party in 1932. | '''William David Upshaw''' was born on October 15, 1866, near Atlanta, Georgia and died on November 21, 1952. He served in Congress during the late 1910's and throughout the 1920's, and ran for the office of the President for the Prohibition Party in 1932. | ||
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='''Discrepancies''' between Upshaw and Branham= | ='''Discrepancies''' between Upshaw and Branham= | ||
There is a significant concern with the huge changes in the story over time as it was told by William Branham. When do you move from exaggeration to an outright lie? | |||
In Congressman Upshaw's testimony, William Branham never speaks to him or even acknowledges him. The message that he is healed is delivered by Brother Leroy Kopp. | |||
William Branham's initial testimony (1951 - see below) is initially in basic agreement with that of the Congressman. However, by 1954 it had changed to the point that there is a vision of a brown suit and a wired microphone is run back to the Congressman to allow him to have a conversation with William Branham from the pulpit. Leroy Kopp's part in the miracle is completely eliminated as William Branham himself told the Congressman over the pulpit - "''THUS SAITH THE LORD, you're healed.''" | |||
Why did a real miracle from God require embellishment? If it really was a miracle, why did William Branham have to lie about it? | |||
The picture of William Upshaw that has been painted into the minds of William Branham's followers is that of a frail, old man who was destined to a crippled life in a wheelchair. William Branham often mentions how the Congressman was so bad off that he had to be wheeled around, carried on beds, and practically unable to function. | |||
But in the newspapers, we find Upshaw travelling around in convoys of automobiles, '''walking around freely using his crutches''', and speaking to multiple audiences per day -- both for policical speeches and evangelistic sermons. | |||
So it appears that Congressman Upshaw's healing may not have been quite as miraculous as it was described by William Branham. | |||
=The tract written by Congressman Upshaw= | =The tract written by Congressman Upshaw= | ||
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:''And as I started, Mr. Kopp here, the... Brother Kopp, the pastor run up there. And I said, "Go tell the congressman that God has healed him. I seen him, going walking away."''<ref>MY.COMMISSION_ LA.CA SATURDAY_ 51-0505</ref> | :''And as I started, Mr. Kopp here, the... Brother Kopp, the pastor run up there. And I said, "Go tell the congressman that God has healed him. I seen him, going walking away."''<ref>MY.COMMISSION_ LA.CA SATURDAY_ 51-0505</ref> | ||
==The | ==Is This Lying? - The Story Three Years Later== | ||
'''But three years later, it had | '''But three years later, it had changed to something that could only be called a lie.''' | ||
:''And I looked. And coming in, they just got off of an airplane. And here come a wheelchair. They'd just got inside the building and it begin come... It was moving on down to get it with the rest of wheelchairs. I said, "That's the old gentleman now." It was about twice the distance of this building. I said, "That's the old man now."'' | :''And I looked. And coming in, they just got off of an airplane. And here come a wheelchair. They'd just got inside the building and it begin come... It was moving on down to get it with the rest of wheelchairs. I said, "That's the old gentleman now." It was about twice the distance of this building. I said, "That's the old man now."'' |