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='''Discrepancies''' between Upshaw and Branham= | ='''Discrepancies''' between Upshaw and Branham= | ||
There is a significant concern with the huge changes in the story over time as it was told by William Branham. When do you move from exaggeration to an outright lie? | |||
In Congressman Upshaw's testimony, William Branham never speaks to him or even acknowledges him. The message that he is healed is delivered by Brother Leroy Kopp. | |||
William Branham's initial testimony (1951 - see below) is initially in basic agreement with that of the Congressman. However, by 1954 it had changed to the point that there is a vision of a brown suit and a wired microphone is run back to the Congressman to allow him to have a conversation with William Branham from the pulpit. Leroy Kopp's part in the miracle is completely eliminated as William Branham himself told the Congressman over the pulpit - "''THUS SAITH THE LORD, you're healed.''" | |||
Why did a real miracle from God require embellishment? If it really was a miracle, why did William Branham have to lie about it? | |||
The picture of William Upshaw that has been painted into the minds of William Branham's followers is that of a frail, old man who was destined to a crippled life in a wheelchair. William Branham often mentions how the Congressman was so bad off that he had to be wheeled around, carried on beds, and practically unable to function. | |||
But in the newspapers, we find Upshaw travelling around in convoys of automobiles, '''walking around freely using his crutches''', and speaking to multiple audiences per day -- both for policical speeches and evangelistic sermons. | |||
So it appears that Congressman Upshaw's healing may not have been quite as miraculous as it was described by William Branham. | |||
=The tract written by Congressman Upshaw= | =The tract written by Congressman Upshaw= | ||