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==Concerns with the experience== | ==Concerns with the experience== | ||
Based on William Branham's retelling of the story and the story | Based on William Branham's retelling of the story (see quotes below) and the story as related by Lee Vayle, a number of questions present themselves" | ||
1. Why did the early stories make no reference to the voice speaking? Wasn't this the most important part of the story? | 1. Why did the early stories make no reference to the voice speaking? Wasn't this the most important part of the story? | ||
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2. The third time he relates the story (1951) he says that a voice spoke and that “many asked me what it meant. And I said, "I do not know.” If Bro. Branham did not know what it meant in 1951, why then does he know exactly what it means in 1952? (see quotes below). | 2. The third time he relates the story (1951) he says that a voice spoke and that “many asked me what it meant. And I said, "I do not know.” If Bro. Branham did not know what it meant in 1951, why then does he know exactly what it means in 1952? (see quotes below). | ||
3. Which story do we believe? Which story is most likely to be true? | 3. Which story do we believe? Which story is most likely to be true? One would generally assume that the first time the story is told is the most accurate. | ||
:a. That no voice spoke (as in the first stories)? | :a. That no voice spoke (as in the first stories)? | ||
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4. Why has no one, when asked, been able to produce a single copy of a newspaper clipping relating to this story when the article was supposedly printed in newspapers “all the way into Canada, got on the Canada press”? We have searched numerous newspaper online archives and have been unable to find any such newspaper article. If we can't find any such articles and no one can produce one for us, don't we have to assume that there never were any newspaper stories reporting this event? | 4. Why has no one, when asked, been able to produce a single copy of a newspaper clipping relating to this story when the article was supposedly printed in newspapers “all the way into Canada, got on the Canada press”? We have searched numerous newspaper online archives and have been unable to find any such newspaper article. If we can't find any such articles and no one can produce one for us, don't we have to assume that there never were any newspaper stories reporting this event? | ||
5. If only William Branham heard the voice and there are no newspaper articles that can be produced, then is there no independent evidence that this event happened? How do we know, other than from William Branham himself that he is [[The Fulfillment of Malachi 4:5|the fulfillment of Malachi 4:5]? | |||
6. Is this another event that only serves to create a greater question regarding William Branham's credibility? | |||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||