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I was not with William Branham on his overseas travels, and, other than his life story by Owen Jorgeson (which apparently has multiple problems), I am not certain about whether he was in those places or not. The only living person who could probably attest to if he went to these places is Billy Paul. | |||
I do believe he was at or near shrines and places of worship of Budhism and Islam. I do not believe he traveled to China. | |||
Now, I suppose I could tell you that God may have took him there in some wonderful vision and let him see their graves. I suppose that is possible, though I am unaware of him ever saying something like that. (My cognitive dissonance is working pretty well today.) But I think the most likely answer is that he was exaggerating, and repeating something he had heard or read. | |||
So you ask "If William Branham lied about things such as visiting a grave that he had never even been close to, why would we believe him on more important issues." | |||
Things have orders of magnitude. I think we just disagree over the magnitude of his exaggerations. To me this is like saying, "you lied to me about how many fish you caught, so how can I trust you not to murder me in my sleep." I do understand what you are saying, but they are just not the same magnitude to me. One is life and death, and the other is unimportant. Bro. Branham, to me and many other eyewitnesses, was vindicated by the gifts he had. So he has an inherent credibility that fishing stories alone cannot undermine. If you could actually produce proof that the miracles were a hoax, then you'd have something significant enough. Or if you could find a core doctrine that is universally believed by the message (like Mal 4:5-6) and unequivocally prove it was not Bro. Branham, then you'd have something. But there is just nothing of that magnitude out there. Ultimately, time is the only thing I can see that could prove Bro. Branham to have been a false prophet. | |||
As I have stated before, there scriptural precedence for the prophets of the Elijah anointing to make up stores and exaggerate. So in a sense, this kind of thing just reinforces what we believe. | |||
Kind regards, | |||
ABM | |||
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