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[[Image:Boyslifecars.jpg|thumb|200px|Boy’s Life Magazine – October 1990. This cover is an adaptation of an advertisement that appeared in Newsweek Magazine on December 17, 1956.]]
William Branham told about a series of eight prophetic visions he experienced in June 1933.  In the fifth vision, William Branham witnessed scientific achievement produced a driverless vehicle, while cars continued to be shaped more and more like an egg. 


William Branham told about a series of eight prophetic visions he experienced in June 1933.  In the fifth vision, William Branham witnessed scientific achievement produced a driverless vehicle, while cars continued to be shaped more and more like an egg. 


=Problems with the prophecy=
=Problems with the prophecy=
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==Newspaper ads of a driverless car pre-date the first time the vision was told==
==Newspaper ads of a driverless car pre-date the first time the vision was told==


[[Image:1957 driverless cars paleo-future big.jpg|thumb|350px|Newsweek Magazine – December 17, 1956]]
[[Image:1957 driverless cars paleo-future big.jpg|thumb|350px|Newsweek Magazine – December 17, 1956.]]
Why was the driverless car only mentioned after the appearance of the 1956 advertisement in Newsweek (which also appeared in many other newspapers and magazines)?  If the prophecy really foresaw the future, why weren't the people watching DVD's, sending email on their iphones or playing games on their handheld gaming device?
Why was the driverless car only mentioned after the appearance of the 1956 advertisement in Newsweek (which also appeared in many other newspapers and magazines)?  If the prophecy really foresaw the future, why weren't the people watching DVD's, sending email on their iphones or playing games on their handheld gaming device?


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=Industry Commentary=
=Industry Commentary=
[[Image:Boyslifecars.jpg|thumb|200px|Boy’s Life Magazine – October 1990]]
*''We could deliver a car to your office [near Tower Bridge] that could drive to Bristol. The technology exists, the problem is liability if there is an accident.'' [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/news/article6792747.ece '''Times Online, Aug. 12, 2009''']
*''We could deliver a car to your office [near Tower Bridge] that could drive to Bristol. The technology exists, the problem is liability if there is an accident.'' [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/news/article6792747.ece '''Times Online, Aug. 12, 2009''']