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William Branham relates a story about a man who came into the prayer line at meetings in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He was there not to get healed but to expose William Branham as a fraud. He had written several illnesses on his card which he did not have, hoping that William Branham would refer to the illnesses that he had on the card, thus demonstrating his gift to be fraudulent. As William Branham tells it, he knew by his gift of healing that there was nothing wrong with the man. He condemned the man to suffer from the sicknesses that he had written on the card. | |||
=Problems with the Story= | |||
There are several problems with the story as it develops and changes over time: | |||
==How did William Branham know the man was not being truthful?== | |||
William Branham indicated that he knew of the man's deception because: | |||
*There were no vibrations to indicate he had a disease (1950). | |||
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with a man in a red suit and a woman in a green dress (1953) | |||
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with another man and woman in a "dotted" dress. (1954) | |||
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with another man in the balcony with a blue suit and woman sitting in a corner. (1956) | |||
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with another man in the balcony with a blue suit. (1956) | |||
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with another man in a grey suit and a woman standing looking down on the 2 men. (1957) | |||
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with another man in a grey suit and a blonde woman sitting with them. (1957) | |||
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with another man in the balcony wearing a gray suit and his wife. (1958) | |||
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with another man in audience and his wife. (1958) | |||
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with another man in the balcony wearing a gray suit. (1961) | |||
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with another man in the balcony wearing a black suit and both their wives. (1962) | |||
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with another man in the balcony wearing a blue suit and both their wives. (1963) | |||
==What happened to the man?== | |||
According to William Branham, the result of the man's deception were as follows: | |||
*The man fell down screaming and asked for forgiveness (1950) | |||
*A man in the audience screamed and the diseases on the prayer card came on the man in the prayer line. (1953) | |||
*The diseases on the prayer card came on the man and he was assumed to be dead. (1954) | |||
*The diseases on the prayer card came on the man and the man remained bedridden to that time. (1956) | |||
*The diseases on the prayer card came on the man and he ran screaming from the building. William Branham indicated he never heard what happened to the man subsequently. (1956) | |||
*The diseases on the prayer card came on the man and he died a year later. (1957) | |||
*The diseases on the prayer card came on the man and William Branham received a letter from some people that the man was in serious condition. (1957) | |||
*The diseases on the prayer card came on the man and the man died 6 months later from cancer. (1958) | |||
*The diseases on the prayer card came on the man. They carried him out paralyzed and he remained paralyzed until that time. (1958) | |||
*The diseases on the prayer card came on the man and the man died about 6 weeks later. (1961) | |||
*The diseases on the prayer card came on the man and the man died about 6 weeks later. (1962) | |||
*The diseases on the prayer card came on the man. (1963) | |||
If the story was true, wouldn't you assume that the closest story to the truth would be the first time the story was told, similar to that of the story relating to [[Congressman Upshaw]]? | |||
Why would William Branham need to exagerate the story to such a degree if it was really God who performed the miracle? | |||
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:Then when he come in and put that on a prayer card down, he come walking up. I said, "Good evening, sir." | :Then when he come in and put that on a prayer card down, he come walking up. I said, "Good evening, sir." | ||
:He said, "Howdy do." | :He said, "Howdy do." | ||
:And I took a hold of his hand. There was no vibrations. I looked at him; I seen him and two men, standing in a room across a table making that up. | :And I took a hold of his hand. '''There was no vibrations.''' I looked at him; I seen him and two men, standing in a room across a table making that up. | ||
:I said, "Why would you purpose in your heart to try to deceive somebody?" I said, "God is apt to strike you dead right now." | :I said, "Why would you purpose in your heart to try to deceive somebody?" I said, "God is apt to strike you dead right now." | ||
:'''And he fell down on the floor and begin to screaming to the top of his voice.''' He said, "God, have mercy on me." | :'''And he fell down on the floor and begin to screaming to the top of his voice.''' He said, "God, have mercy on me." | ||
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:And he grabbed me by the pants leg, he said, "I didn't..." | :And he grabbed me by the pants leg, he said, "I didn't..." | ||
:I said, "I can't help. You go right ahead. That's up between you and God. You wrote your doom right on your card." And that got him. That was all of it. | :I said, "I can't help. You go right ahead. That's up between you and God. You wrote your doom right on your card." And that got him. That was all of it. | ||
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