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|'''''I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.''''' - Friedrich Nietzsche
|'''''I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.''''' - Friedrich Nietzsche
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In our search to find the truth and to separate fact from fiction as it relates to William Branham and his ministry, one of the the most important issues that has to be addressed is his credibility.  This need to be examined in relation to the various stories he tells in describing his supernatural experiences.
 
''To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable, we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful.'' — Edward R. Murrow
 
Credibility refers to the believability, trustworthiness and reliability of a person.
 
=Was William Branham credible?=
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|'''''If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.''''' - Mark Twain
|'''''If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.''''' - Mark Twain
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In our search to find the truth and to separate fact from fiction as it relates to William Branham and his ministry, one of the the most important issues that has to be addressed is his credibility.  This need to be examined in relation to the various stories he tells in describing his supernatural experiences.
''To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable, we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful.'' — Edward R. Murrow
Credibility refers to the believability, trustworthiness and reliability of a person.


=Was William Branham credible?=
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Because William Branham was a minister of the Gospel, one starts off with the assumption that he generally told the truth, that he was credible.  But that assumption must be discarded if it can be demonstrated that he regularly strayed from telling the truth.  
Because William Branham was a minister of the Gospel, one starts off with the assumption that he generally told the truth, that he was credible.  But that assumption must be discarded if it can be demonstrated that he regularly strayed from telling the truth.