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As with most issues, William Branham has some strange opinions on the subject of suicide. | |||
Throughout the history of Christianity, there has been a rejection of suicide. The Christian prohibition of suicide is clearly based on an assumption that our lives are not ours to do with as we please. Life is a gift from God. But this did not appear to be the view of William Branham. | |||
= | =William Branham approved of suicide if it was "good common sense"= | ||
William Branham thought it was "good common sense" for someone to blow their brains out in certain circumstances | William Branham thought it was "good common sense" for someone to blow their brains out in certain circumstances | ||
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:'''''In London, England… And I stood there by his grave, and I laid my hand over on the tombstone''', and I thought, "God rest your gallant soul." I thought, "Mr. Cowper, why were you considered a neurotic?" You know, after he wrote that song, "There is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Emmanuel's vein," he came out of that inspiration and got—went down to the—to a cab—tried to find the river to commit suicide, to drown himself in the river. William Cowper; that's his history right there by his grave.<ref>William Branham, 51-0506A - Believest Thou This?, para. 10</ref> | :'''''In London, England… And I stood there by his grave, and I laid my hand over on the tombstone''', and I thought, "God rest your gallant soul." I thought, "Mr. Cowper, why were you considered a neurotic?" You know, after he wrote that song, "There is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Emmanuel's vein," he came out of that inspiration and got—went down to the—to a cab—tried to find the river to commit suicide, to drown himself in the river. William Cowper; that's his history right there by his grave.<ref>William Branham, 51-0506A - Believest Thou This?, para. 10</ref> | ||
But Cowper was not buried in London. He is actually buried in the chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury, St Nicholas's Church, East Dereham. | But Cowper was not buried in London. He is actually buried in the chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury, St Nicholas's Church, East Dereham, which is over a 100 miles northeast of London. | ||
Why would William Branham make up such a convincing story about something that was completely untrue? | Why would William Branham make up such a convincing story about something that was completely untrue? | ||
=Saul didn't commit suicide= | |||
William Branham stated, contrary to scripture, that Saul did not kill himself. Why did William Branham contradict scripture? It appears he simply did not read the Bible carefully. | |||
:''Saul never committed suicide. A Philistine killed him. Any of you Bible readers that reads it thoroughly know that. A Philistine killed him, and David killed the Philistine for it. All right. Notice, Saul was wounded; it's true. But he… A Philistine killed him. And David killed him because he said, "You have taken the life of the anointed of God." And Saul was a prophet himself.<ref>William Branham, 53-1112 - Demonology, para. 29</ref> | |||
Here are the problems with William Branham's view of Saul's death: | |||
:1. The Bible clearly states that Saul killed himself in 2 separate passages: | |||
::1 Samuel 31:4-6 | |||
:::''...Saul took his own sword and fell on it. When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died with him. So Saul and his three sons and his armor-bearer and all his men died together that same day. <ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), 1 Sa 31:4–6. </ref> | |||
::1 Chronicles 10:4-6 | |||
:::''Saul took his own sword and fell on it. When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died. So Saul and his three sons died, and all his house died together.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), 1 Ch 10:4–6.</ref> | |||
:2. In an attempt to gain favour with David, an Amalekite misjudges the reaction of the one he wants to impress. It is clear that his story does not tally with the events already recorded: Saul had not needed assistance in dying by his own spear. The Bible clearly states that he fell on his own sword. | |||
::2 Samuel 1:6-10 | |||
:::''Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?” | |||
:::''“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” the young man said, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit. When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, ‘What can I do?’ | |||
:::''“He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ | |||
:::''‘An Amalekite,’ I answered. | |||
:::''“Then he said to me, ‘Stand here by me and kill me! I’m in the throes of death, but I’m still alive.’ | |||
:::''“So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord.” <ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), 2 Sa 1:5–10.</ref> | |||
:3. The Bible clearly states the man was an Amalekite and not a Philistine. | |||
Here is yet another clear example of William Branham apparently not understanding the clear meaning of scripture. | |||
=Stephen Foster= | =Stephen Foster= | ||
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