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==The Role of the FBI== | ==The Role of the FBI== | ||
[[Image:FBI letter to Knollwood-min.png| | [[Image:FBI letter to Knollwood-min.png|right|250px|Letter from the FBI]] | ||
William Branham stated many times that the FBI was somehow involved in authenticating the Houston photograph: | William Branham stated many times that the FBI was somehow involved in authenticating the Houston photograph: | ||
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==The Hall of Religious Art in Washington, D.C.== | ==The Hall of Religious Art in Washington, D.C.== | ||
William Branham | William Branham stated repeatedly that the Houston photograph was on public display in a special religious gallery. Did he make this up? Initially, in 1950, he didn't say where it was: | ||
:'' | :''Call George J. Lacy. You’ve heard of him. He’s one of the Edgar Hoover outfits, one of the best there is in the United States. This hall then goes to the... '''This picture goes to the Religious Hall of Art.''' For the first time in all the world’s history that a supernatural Being was ever photographed...<ref>50-0820E - Believe Ye That I Am Able To Do This?, para. 57</ref> | ||
The next year, he decided that it was in Washington, D.C.: | |||
:''...they’ve got it in Washington, DC. And '''one of them hangs in the Religious Hall of Art, in Washington, DC''', as the first photograph that was ever taken of a supernatural Being.<ref>51-0718 - The Angel Of The Lord, para. 48</ref> | |||
In 1953, he had changed his mind. The Hall of Religious Art was in New York City: | |||
:''This is by the American Photographer Association, hangs in the religious hall of art in New York City, the only supernatural Being that was ever taken in all the world’s history. You can see the Pillar of Fire.<ref>53-0507 - Expectations, para. 54</ref> | |||
The very next night, William Branham changed the location to Washington, D.C. and stuck with that as being the location of the special gallery: | |||
:''And that’s testimony by the United States government, hangs in '''the Hall of Fame at Washington, DC''', in the '''hall of religious art''': Only supernatural Being was ever photographed.<ref>53-0508 - God Commissioning Moses, para. 71</ref> | |||
It appears that at some point in time, William Branham became aware that the "Religious Hall of Religious History" (yes, it kept changing) was not in existence and the picture was not there. Rather than admit that he was wrong, William Branham made up a story that the picture had been moved to Germany: | It appears that at some point in time, William Branham became aware that the "Religious Hall of Religious History" (yes, it kept changing) was not in existence and the picture was not there. Rather than admit that he was wrong, William Branham made up a story that the picture had been moved to Germany: | ||
:''As you all have seen, the Light (which the United States has copyrighted in the Washington, DC, hanging in the Religious Hall of—of religious history, in Washington, DC) is the only supernatural Being that was ever photographed in all the world. Hangs in the halls of Germany where they’ve taken it.<ref>William Branham, 61-0519 - Sirs, We Would See Jesus, para. 94</ref> | :''As you all have seen, the Light (which the United States has copyrighted in the Washington, DC, hanging in the '''Religious Hall of—of religious history, in Washington, DC''') is the only supernatural Being that was ever photographed in all the world. '''Hangs in the halls of Germany where they’ve taken it.'''<ref>William Branham, 61-0519 - Sirs, We Would See Jesus, para. 94</ref>'' | ||
And where are the "halls of Germany". Something else that William Branham invented? | And where are the "halls of Germany". Something else that William Branham invented? | ||
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:''And one of them is in Washington, DC, in '''the religious Hall of Art''', with '''a note under it, "The only supernatural being was ever photographed in the history of the world."''' And now, then, if you're ever through there, drop in, see it.<ref>63-0606 SHOW.US.THE.FATHER TUCSON.AZ</ref>''' | :''And one of them is in Washington, DC, in '''the religious Hall of Art''', with '''a note under it, "The only supernatural being was ever photographed in the history of the world."''' And now, then, if you're ever through there, drop in, see it.<ref>63-0606 SHOW.US.THE.FATHER TUCSON.AZ</ref>''' | ||
The problem with William Branham's statement is that there is no | The problem with William Branham's statement is that '''there is no Hall of Religious Art''' in Washington, D.C. The picture was never hanging in any kind of gallery there. There was never any note under it. The United States never copyrighted it (the photographer did). | ||
There is a copy of the picture that someone sent to the U.S. Library of Congress for preservation. But the photo does not hang on the wall and there is no caption underneath it. Rather, it sits in a filing cabinet. We have personally been to the Library of Congress and have seen the photo in the file folder. The Library of Congress also includes pictures of other famous people like Mother Teresa, Al Capone and Adolf Hitler.<ref>[http://catalog.loc.gov/ Library of Congress Online Catalog]</ref> | There is a copy of the picture that someone sent to the U.S. Library of Congress for preservation. But '''the photo does not hang on the wall and there is no caption underneath it.''' Rather, '''it sits in a filing cabinet'''. We have personally been to the Library of Congress and have seen the photo in the file folder. The Library of Congress also includes pictures of other famous people like Mother Teresa, Al Capone and Adolf Hitler.<ref>[http://catalog.loc.gov/ Library of Congress Online Catalog]</ref> | ||
There are a number of fake photographs that have been photoshopped to indicate that they were taken in the "Hall of Religious Art" but they are simply the invention of message believers that would rather create a lie than admit they are wrong. You can [[Games that message people play|see an example of one of the fake pictures here]]. | There are a number of fake photographs that have been photoshopped to indicate that they were taken in the "Hall of Religious Art" but they are simply the invention of message believers that would rather create a lie than admit they are wrong. You can [[Games that message people play|see an example of one of the fake pictures here]]. | ||