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''Now, when He come to Simon, He told him who he was. You believe God can tell me what your name is? Would it make you believe more? It would? '''Mrs. Strong... [The sister says, "Stout."--Ed.] Stout''', would you believe? Go and believe, and you... It's all over. Amen.<ref>A.TESTIMONY.ON.THE.SEA DALLAS.TX 64-0307</ref> | ''Now, when He come to Simon, He told him who he was. You believe God can tell me what your name is? Would it make you believe more? It would? '''Mrs. Strong... [The sister says, "Stout."--Ed.] Stout''', would you believe? Go and believe, and you... It's all over. Amen.<ref>A.TESTIMONY.ON.THE.SEA DALLAS.TX 64-0307</ref> | ||
==If his discernment was supernatural, why were so few people healed?== | |||
'''Walter Hollenweger''', a noted Pentecostal historian who worked as translator for Branham in one of his campaigns in Switzerland, wrote of Branham: | |||
:''He possessed an extraordinary diagnostic gift and could identify the illnesses (sometimes even the names) of persons he had never seen. Unfortunately '''his healing prognosis was accurate only in rare cases'''. The excuse of healing evangelists in such cases has always been: The patient did not really believe; for they were convinced that faith leads automatically to health.<ref>Hollenweger, Walter J. (1997). Pentecostalism: Origins and Developments Worldwide. Baker Academic. ISBN 978-0801046605.</ref> | |||
Hollenwegger also stated that however generously Branham is judged: | |||
:''...by contrast to what he claimed, '''only a small percentage of those that sought healing were actually healed'''."<ref>Hollenweger, Walter J. (1997). Pentecostalism: Origins and Developments Worldwide. Baker Academic. ISBN 978-0801046605.</ref> | |||
The question must be asked - '''If William Branham's discernment ministry was supernatural, why were actually healings "rare"? Was the discernment genuine? Was Billy Paul feeding information to William Branham? Is that why William Branham prayed for very few people while Oral Roberts and others prayed for hundreds of people in each service? | |||
==If there are no errors, why are there so many '''blank spots on the tapes?'''== | ==If there are no errors, why are there so many '''blank spots on the tapes?'''== | ||