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==Followers of William Branham's Message== | ==Followers of William Branham's Message== | ||
Cognitive dissonance has been created in a number of people that have viewed the information on this website. | Cognitive dissonance has been created in a number of people that have viewed the information on this website because dissonance results when they are confronted with information that is inconsistent with their beliefs. | ||
We have been able to view the impact through email correspondence with message believers. Followers of William Branham's message are rarely prepared to actually put their beliefs under the microscope and actually examine them in the light of independent, objective analysis. | |||
If the dissonance is not reduced by changing one's belief in the message, then message believers restore consonance through '''misperception''' (allowing the truth to be distorted by one's own perceptions); rejection or refutation of the information that we are presenting; seeking support from other message believers in rejecting the information presented on this website; and attempting to persuade others that the information that is contained on this website is wrong. | |||
Examples include: | Examples include: | ||