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William Branham | 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]] | *[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] | ||
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*[[America in Ashes]] | *[[America in Ashes]] | ||
*[[Ohio River flood of 1937]] | *[[Ohio River flood of 1937]] | ||
==Stories that seem to have been fabricated== | |||
*[[Kari Holma|The boy in Finland]] | *[[Kari Holma|The boy in Finland]] | ||
*[[The Cloud]] | *[[The Cloud]] | ||
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*[[Was William Branham Honest|Was it reasonable for William Branham to blame his poor grammar on his dad?]] | *[[Was William Branham Honest|Was it reasonable for William Branham to blame his poor grammar on his dad?]] | ||
===Was William Branham a pathological liar? | =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. | |||
==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?== | |||
False memories, sometimes referred to as confabulation, refer to the recollection of inaccurate details of an event, or recollection of a whole event that never occurred. Studies investigating this memory error have been able to successfully implant memories among participants that never existed, such as being lost in a mall as a child (termed the lost in the mall technique) or spilling a bowl of punch at a wedding reception.<ref name="Loftus">Loftus, E. (1997). Creating false memories. ''Scientific American, 277'', 70–75</ref> In this case, false memories were implanted among participants by their family members who claimed that the event had happened. This evidence demonstrates the possibility of implanting false memories on individuals by leading them to remember such events that never occurred. | False memories, sometimes referred to as confabulation, refer to the recollection of inaccurate details of an event, or recollection of a whole event that never occurred. Studies investigating this memory error have been able to successfully implant memories among participants that never existed, such as being lost in a mall as a child (termed the lost in the mall technique) or spilling a bowl of punch at a wedding reception.<ref name="Loftus">Loftus, E. (1997). Creating false memories. ''Scientific American, 277'', 70–75</ref> In this case, false memories were implanted among participants by their family members who claimed that the event had happened. This evidence demonstrates the possibility of implanting false memories on individuals by leading them to remember such events that never occurred. | ||
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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]] | |||