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Message believers have to reconcile what they believe (that William Branham was a prophet) with historic facts (that William Branham's prophecies did not all come to pass).  The easiest way to do this is to trivialize the importance of facts until the person feels comfortable ignoring them. Technically, this is called [[Cognitive Dissonance]].   

Voice of God Recordings explanation of why William Branham's failed prophecies are not important relies totally on red herring arguments as follows:

'''Voice of God Recordings''' ("VoGR"), an entity led by William Branham's sons and dedicated to sharing his sermons.  In a publication called '''Catch the Vision'''(2012, Volume 2), they explain away the failures in William Branham's prophecies without discussing the facts.  Their argument flows as follows:  

===Differences in Paul's Conversion Experiences===

Message ministers don't understand Greek.  In fact, they like to mock and scoff those that study it (for example, listen to Vin Dayal's sermon of January 13, 2013).  For them, perhaps ignorance is bliss.  But if you were a non-English speaker, how could you really hope to understand what William Branham is really saying if you don't speak English?  And what if the translator was translating into your mother toungue but using language from 400 years ago?  Do you understand that there might be a bit of a problem?

Jonah prophesied against Nineveh saying that it would be destroyed but but it wasn't.  Similarly William Branham prophesied certain things and they didn't come to pass.  God works that way sometimes.

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The issues in the failed or flawed prophecies of William Branham are completely different from the two issues raised above.