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|'''''If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.''''' - Mark Twain | |||
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For those that study William Branham, one of the difficult things to understand is why his visions, prophecies and stories change so significantly over time. Even more problematic is that fact that the stories that he tells of his early life seem to have no bearing to what actually happened. | |||
=The evidence= | |||
The following are a list of some of examples of this phenomena. | |||
==Visions and prophecies that change dramatically over time== | |||
*[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] | |||
*[[Mussolini invades Ethiopia|Mussloni's invasion of Ethiopia]] | |||
*[[Hitler and WWII]]''' | |||
*[[Driverless Cars]] | |||
*[[America in Ashes]] | |||
*[[Ohio River flood of 1937]] | |||
==Stories that seem to have been fabricated== | |||
*[[Kari Holma|The boy in Finland]] | |||
*[[The Cloud]] | |||
*[[Prophecy of the Cloud|The vision of the five angels]] | |||
*[[Rattlesnake Mesa|Sunset Mountain vs. Rattlesnake Mesa]] | |||
*[[Roy Davis|When did William Branham embrace Pentecostalism?]] | |||
*[[Was William Branham Honest|Was it reasonable for William Branham to blame his poor grammar on his dad?]] | |||
=Why Do The Visions/Stories Change as they are Retold?= | =Why Do The Visions/Stories Change as they are Retold?= | ||
Some people speculate that William Branham had a mental condition that caused him to make up stories that weren't true or change them in significant ways each time he told them. | Some people speculate that William Branham had a mental condition that caused him to make up stories that weren't true or change them in significant ways each time he told them. | ||
==Was William Branham a pathological liar?== | ==Was William Branham a pathological liar?== | ||
Pseudologia fantastica, mythomania, compulsive lying, or pathological lying are four of several terms applied by psychiatrists to the behavior of habitual or compulsive lying. | Pseudologia fantastica, mythomania, compulsive lying, or pathological lying are four of several terms applied by psychiatrists to the behavior of habitual or compulsive lying. It was first described in the medical literature in 1891 by Anton Delbrueck. Although it is a controversial topic, pathological lying has been defined as "falsification entirely disproportionate to any discernible end in view, may be extensive and very complicated, and may manifest over a period of years or even a lifetime". The individual may be aware they are lying, or '''may believe they are telling the truth, being unaware that they are relating fantasies.''' | ||
==Are they false memories?== | ==Are they false memories?== | ||
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[[Category:Prophecies and Visions]] | |||
[[Category:Prophecies]] | |||
[[Category:Honesty and Credibility]] | |||
[[Category:Supernatural vindication]] | |||
[[Category:Stories that differ from third party sources]] | |||
[[Category:Stories that dramatically changed over time]] | |||