The Municipal Bridge Vision: Difference between revisions

 
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==Problem 1: No evidence of 16 fatalities==
==Problem 1: No evidence of 16 fatalities==
There are no historic documents or evidence supporting the statement that 16 men died during the construction of the Louisville Municipal Bridge.  '''In a telephone conversation with George Smith, William Branham's son-in-law, he admitted that this vision was not fulfilled.'''
There are no historic documents or evidence supporting the statement that 16 men died during the construction of the Louisville Municipal Bridge.  '''In a telephone conversation between the editor of this website and George Smith, William Branham's son-in-law, George Smith admitted that this vision was not fulfilled.'''


Additionally, it is clear that William Branham stated that the 16 men died by drowning:
Additionally, it is clear that William Branham stated that the 16 men died by drowning:
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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.
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.
Was this the reason that William Branham did not tell the story in his home town, Jeffersonville, until 1960?  Did he simply make up the story knowing that no one would be able to check the facts?  People would have remembered a lot of people being killed in the construction of a bridge many years in the past but would have been unable to differentiate between the Big Four bridge and the Municipal Bridge.


===Deception by message followers===
===Deception by message followers===