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=Municipal Bridge video= | |||
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The video | The video above contains an error in that it indicates that there were no fatalities in the building of the Municipal Bridge. This is in error as, based on research performed by [[Searching for Vindication]], there were 2 fatalities in the construction of the bridge as noted below. | ||
As a result, the video will be edited to correct this error as soon as possible. | As a result, the video will be edited to correct this error as soon as possible. | ||
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[[Image:Tab30.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge as seen from Jeffersonville, with Louisville, Kentucky in the background]] | |||
William Branham often told of a vision he had as a young child of 16 men falling to their deaths while building a bridge across the Ohio river. | William Branham often told of a vision he had as a young child of 16 men falling to their deaths while building a bridge across the Ohio river. | ||
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Our research indicates that many deaths occurred during the construction of the Big Four Bridge, which is a railroad bridge a half mile upstream from the Municipal Bridge that opened to the public in 1895. | Our research indicates that many deaths occurred during the construction of the Big Four Bridge, which is a railroad bridge a half mile upstream from the Municipal Bridge that opened to the public in 1895. | ||
A summary of | Construction of the Big Four bridge began on October 10, 1888. A summary of the fatalities during the construction is as follows: | ||
#12 people died working on a pier foundation when a caisson flooded | #12 people died working on a pier foundation when a caisson flooded (about a year after construction started); | ||
#4 people died when a wooden beam broke in a different pier caisson | #4 people died when a wooden beam broke in a different pier caisson (several months after the first accident); and | ||
# | #On December 15, 1893, a construction crane was dislodged by wind causing the supporting truss to collapse which resulted 41 workers falling into the Ohio river. 21 workers died as a result. | ||
In William Branham's vision, 16 people died when they fell off the bridge. With the Big Four Bridge, | In William Branham's vision, 16 people died when they fell off the bridge. With the Big Four Bridge, 37 people died in the construction of the bridge. All of these fatalities occurred before William Branham was born. | ||
==Problem 3: The timing of the vision== | ==Problem 3: The timing of the vision== | ||
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==Problem 4: William Branham's Reference was to the Municipal Bridge== | ==Problem 4: William Branham's Reference was to the Municipal Bridge== | ||
In a phone conversation with Pearry Green, he | In a phone conversation with Pearry Green, he told us that William Branham stood underneath the Municipal bridge, and pointed out the exact section of the bridge that fell into the river. That is the reason that Pearry specifically points out on the video clip the exact section of the bridge that he said fell into the river and which resulted in the deaths of 16 men. | ||
The problem is not in Pearry Green's retelling of the story - he did not grow up in Jeffersonville and had no reason to doubt William Branham. The problem lies with William Branham's prophecy and the story that he used to prove its fulfillment. There is no historic indication that any section or portion of the Municipal Bridge fell into the Ohio river or that anyone died in its construction, other than the two men whose deaths were reported in the newspapers. | |||
==Problem 5: William Branham refers to the Municipal Bridge as being unimportant== | ==Problem 5: William Branham refers to the Municipal Bridge as being unimportant== | ||
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=Excuses for the failed vision= | =Excuses for the failed vision= | ||
[[Image:The Bridge Prophecy explained.jpg|thumb|250px|right]] | |||
Are you looking for a simple and easy way to ignore the facts above? If so, this is called [[Cognitive Dissonance|cognitive dissonance]]. It is a term that explains why intelligent people will often settle for answers that are not reasonable, in order to ignore the real issue. | Are you looking for a simple and easy way to ignore the facts above? If so, this is called [[Cognitive Dissonance|cognitive dissonance]]. It is a term that explains why intelligent people will often settle for answers that are not reasonable, in order to ignore the real issue. | ||
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==William Branham was young when he had the vision== | ==William Branham was young when he had the vision== | ||
If William Branham was young when he had the vision, perhaps he simply forgot it. Kids forget a lot of things and get memories messed up. That would explain why the vision was not fulfilled properly. | If William Branham was young when he had the vision, perhaps he simply forgot it or misremembered it. Kids forget a lot of things and get memories messed up. That would explain why the vision was not fulfilled properly. | ||
If this is the case, then it could still be fulfilled in the future, when the bridge is being repaired | |||
There are several problems with this explanation: | There are several problems with this explanation: | ||
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==The men drowned in concrete== | ==The men drowned in concrete== | ||
John "Jack" Vissing, the son of the late Richard Vissing, a former mayor of Jeffersonville, stated that: | John "Jack" Vissing, the son of the late Richard Vissing, a former mayor of Jeffersonville, stated that: | ||
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:''The story of the bridge collapse was not given to me by my Dad or by Brother Billy, but by my grandmother, Maud, and by a lady named Dorothy Phillips. She was about my dad’s age and went to church with us at St. Luke’s United Church of Christ. She was telling me about being a little girl watching the construction from the river bank. Remember, that although the depression had not “officially” begun, things were not very good economically in Jeffersonville at that time. Many people had no diversions, and spent time watching the construction of this bridge, as I am sure Brother Billy and my dad did as well. Dorothy recalled seeing scaffolding up around the piling in the first water pile, and she recalled it collapsing while there was a major cement pour and she saw men falling into the cement who were never removed. It was a tragedy at the time, and many people were appalled. | :''The story of the bridge collapse was not given to me by my Dad or by Brother Billy, but by my grandmother, Maud, and by a lady named Dorothy Phillips. She was about my dad’s age and went to church with us at St. Luke’s United Church of Christ. She was telling me about being a little girl watching the construction from the river bank. Remember, that although the depression had not “officially” begun, things were not very good economically in Jeffersonville at that time. Many people had no diversions, and spent time watching the construction of this bridge, as I am sure Brother Billy and my dad did as well. Dorothy recalled seeing scaffolding up around the piling in the first water pile, and she recalled it collapsing while there was a major cement pour and she saw men falling into the cement who were never removed. It was a tragedy at the time, and many people were appalled. | ||
===Problem #1 - Jack's Grandmother was too old at the time=== | |||
'''This is a clear case of Jack Vissing getting the Big Four bridge confused with the Municipal Bridge.''' If Jack's father was 13 in 1929, then it is obvious that his grandmother could not have been a young girl at the same time. However, she would have been a young girl in 1895, when the Big Four bridge has 3 different fatal accidents as noted above. Also, the 16 men that died in the construction of the caissons (on two separate occasions) would appear to be very close the description of the accident that she saw. | '''This is a clear case of Jack Vissing getting the Big Four bridge confused with the Municipal Bridge.''' If Jack's father was 13 in 1929, then it is obvious that his grandmother could not have been a young girl at the same time. However, she would have been a young girl in 1895, when the Big Four bridge has 3 different fatal accidents as noted above. Also, the 16 men that died in the construction of the caissons (on two separate occasions) would appear to be very close the description of the accident that she saw. | ||
===Problem #2 - The myth of men drowning in concrete=== | |||
From an engineering perspective, this story is so implausible it is funny. But that is the lengths that people will go to because of [[Cognitive dissonance|cognitive dissonance]]. | |||
This is a story that is also told of the Hoover Dam. The workers were entombed in concrete but the pour couldn't be stopped and they were left dead in the concrete. | |||
We understand that many workers died durring this time but the reasons that clearly indicate that it NEVER happened are as follows: | |||
#The structural integrity of the concrete would fail with even one body ini it, let alone sixteen. The bridge would have crumbled and collapsed a long time ago. The reason for this is that the human body decomposes in concrete and leaves a massive air pocket. Imagine that there are sixteen such large air pockets. The bridge pilon would have collapsed after a few years. | |||
#Rebar is used extensively in concrete to provide strength. This means there is no room for a single body to be submerged in the concrete. Could sixteen bodies have been submerged? It is impossible. | |||
#If sixteen men died, how could this be kept secret given the mothers, fathers, siblings and spouses of the people that supposedly died. How would you keep all of them quiet? | |||
===Problem #3 - Jack's client is Voice of God Recordings=== | |||
We talked on the phone with Jack Vissing and are aware that Voice of God Recordings was a client of his. Would you trust the testimony of a man who was getting paid by the people he was testifying for? | |||
=A Big Question= | =A Big Question= | ||
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*[http://searchingforvindication.com/2013/04/06/Summary-Of-Municipal-Bridge/ Summary of historical data on Searching For Vindication] | *[http://searchingforvindication.com/2013/04/06/Summary-Of-Municipal-Bridge/ Summary of historical data on Searching For Vindication] | ||
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