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:'''''“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”''''' ― Mark Twain
:'''''“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”''''' ― Mark Twain
=Questions regarding William Branham's Honesty=
'''A person making things up tries to make himself look good. But someone trying to honor the one who sent him sticks to the facts and doesn’t tamper with reality.'''<ref>Eugene H. Peterson, The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 2005), Jn 7:18.</ref>
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=The Biblical standard=
=The Biblical standard=
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:''And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God...<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Re 3:14.</ref>
:''And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God...<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Re 3:14.</ref>


'''If''' William Branham was a false witness, and the Bible says Jesus is the true and faithful witness, then are we to be listening to the one who was wrong or right?
'''Could William Branham be the messenger to the Laodicean church if he was not honest?  If he was a false witness?'''
 
'''Was William Branham the messenger to the Laodicean church?''' It is not possible if he violated Proverbs 14:5 and bore false witness.


=Problems with William Branham's Credibility=
=Problems with William Branham's Credibility=
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There is a heartbreaking story that is familiar to all followers of William Branham. Bro. Branham first encountered Pentecostal people at a convention in Mishawaka, Indiana. While he was drawn to them and was invited to speak in their churches, he refused to join with them because he listened to his mother-in-law instead of God.  And, as a result, his wife and daughter died as a direct result of his disobedience to God.
There is a heartbreaking story that is familiar to all followers of William Branham. Bro. Branham first encountered Pentecostal people at a convention in Mishawaka, Indiana. While he was drawn to them and was invited to speak in their churches, he refused to join with them because he listened to his mother-in-law instead of God.  And, as a result, his wife and daughter died as a direct result of his disobedience to God.


[[File:1935PenTabAd.png|200px|thumb|right|Pre-1937 Ad for Pentecostal Tabernacle]]
[[Image:1935PenTabAd.png|200px|thumb|right|Pre-1937 Ad for Pentecostal Tabernacle]]


But, is this the truth?
But, is this the truth?
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If you try to say that William Branham was a true and faithful witness, then you aren't following Jesus.  And if you are following Jesus, then you can't follow William Branham. It's one or the other.
If you try to say that William Branham was a true and faithful witness, then you aren't following Jesus.  And if you are following Jesus, then you can't follow William Branham. It's one or the other.
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Did William Branham embellish the stories he told, or do his stories accurately represent the events as they happened?
Let’s look at just one story – here Bro. Branham explains the origins of his hillbilly English… 
:''He said, "Why, the people that you speak before," said, "you ought to be ashamed of that grammar."
:''I said, "I am, but it doesn't do me any good. I just don't know no better."
:''And he said... "Well," he said...
:''I said, "When I was a boy, my father died. I had ten children to take care of, and I had to work and support my mother and the children. Then since the Lord has sent me out, why, I have--haven't had a chance."  (November 29, 1953 – The Faith that was once delivered).
It’s very clear that his poor English was from a lack of education, which was a direct result of his father passing away when he was a child.
Or is it?  Let’s look at the facts…
William Branham said that his father died at the age of 52:
:''But my father died at fifty-two; drinking killed him.''(January 22, 1956, Junction of Time)
And William Branham said that he was born when his father was 18 years old:
:''...Daddy was eighteen years old; mama was fifteen when I was born, just children.'' (April 15, 1951, Life Story).
So if William Branham was born when his father was 18, then he was 34 years old when his father died at the age of 52 in 1943. 
Let’s call a spade a spade: William Branham did not have poor English because his father died when he was a child.  It’s just not true.
So why did William Branham feel it necessary to invent the story that he was a boy when his Dad died?
Was it to make people feel sorry for him?  Or do you feel that he was being completely honest with this?  If he wasn’t honest regarding his childhood, how do we know he was honest about other things?
And Please don’t get mad at us, we are just letting you know what he said.


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