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A significant portion of William Branham's followers believe that every word he said is inspired and accurate. Here are some things he said that are easily identifiable as being wrong. Some of these are currently being propagated to kids as truth by the Young Foundations Ministry, in a series of online articles called “Did you know”. (Young Foundations is the youth ministry of Voice of God Recordings, Inc. and publishes these documents | A significant portion of William Branham's followers believe that every word he said is inspired and accurate. Here are some things he said that are easily identifiable as being wrong. Some of these are currently being propagated to kids as truth by the Young Foundations Ministry, in a series of online articles called “Did you know”. (Young Foundations is the youth ministry of Voice of God Recordings, Inc. and publishes these documents on [http://youngfoundations.org/blog?tags=Did%20You%20Know%3f) its Young Foundations website]. | ||
=Science= | |||
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|''A shooting star [is] really seen a weather light.'' (Did you know #11) | |||
|A meteor shower has nothing to do with the weather. | |||
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|''the world is square, and the papers packed the article.'' (Did you know #18) | |||
|The world is a sphere (a round ball). | |||
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|''one-fourth of the people of the world never dream.'' (Did you know #20) | |||
|Everyone dreams (but some people just don't remember their dreams). | |||
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|The acid of a fishes body will eat up a hook in the fishes mouth” (Did you know #15) | |||
|Fish can't eat through metal with their mouth. | |||
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|there's thirty and nine major diseases in the world today.” (Did you know #23) | |||
|There's more than 39 disease types in the world. | |||
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|Before they had paper, all the old ancient writings was either on rock or on skin.” (Did you know #20) | |||
|Papyrus was popular before parchment. | |||
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| | |They're going to find out, someday, that they're not seeing a hundred and fifty million years of light space either. They're going right around in a circle.” (Did you know #18) | ||
|Telescopes see in straight lines all around us. | |||
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| | |Right down in the center of the heart, there's a little compartment where there's not even a blood cell in it. It's not in the animal heart, only in the human heart. They say it's the occupant of the soul.” (Did you know #17) | ||
|Not as far as we can see. | |||
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| | |Mustard cannot by hybrid.” (January 18, 1965) | ||
|Mustard can be [http://twocircles.net/node/100753 hybrid] | |||
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| | |Opium comes from lilies.” (January 18, 1965) | ||
|Opium comes from poppies. | |||
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|If an angel started from Mars to come here to earth, flying at the speed of light, it would take him billions of years to get here?” (Did you know #3) | |||
|If you went to Mars at the speed of light, it would take you 4 minutes on average. | |||
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=History= | |||
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! <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#cedff2;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3b0bf;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">William Branham</h2> | ! <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#cedff2;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3b0bf;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">William Branham</h2> | ||
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! <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#cedff2;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3b0bf;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Better History</h2> | ! <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#cedff2;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3b0bf;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Better History</h2> | ||
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*In the times of the pyramid, they harnessed the power of the lever. | *In the times of the pyramid, they harnessed the power of the lever. <br> | ||
*Churches did not exist until the New Testament. | *Churches did not exist until the New Testament. <br><br> | ||
*Ancient Babylon is about 1km by 2km in size. | *Ancient Babylon is about 1km by 2km in size. <br><br><br> | ||
*Jeffersonville had a worse reputation for liquor than Louisville. | *Jeffersonville had a worse reputation for liquor than Louisville.<br><br> | ||
*Joseph's tomb is in Israel, and there is no record of his bones coming through England. | *Joseph's tomb is in Israel, and there is no record of his bones coming through England. | ||
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=Pop Culture= | |||
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! <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#cedff2;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3b0bf;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">William Branham</h2> | ! <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#cedff2;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3b0bf;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">William Branham</h2> | ||
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! <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#cedff2;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3b0bf;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Better Pop Culture</h2> | ! <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#cedff2;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3b0bf;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Better Pop Culture</h2> | ||
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*Elvis Presley died from misusing drugs.<br><br> | *Elvis Presley died from misusing drugs.<br><br> | ||
*Marilyn Monroe died of poisoning, possibly suicide related. <br> | *Marilyn Monroe died of poisoning, possibly suicide related. <br> | ||
*Elvis means "all wise" and Ricky means "hard ruler". | *Elvis means "all wise" and Ricky means "hard ruler". | ||
*Saturday night is the start of the first day.<br><br> | *Saturday night is the start of the first day.<br><br> | ||
*Parking meters are constitutional.<br><br> | *Parking meters are constitutional.<br><br> | ||
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=Not In The Bible Stories= | |||
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! <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#cedff2;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3b0bf;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">William Branham</h2> | ! <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#cedff2;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3b0bf;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">William Branham</h2> | ||
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! <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#cedff2;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3b0bf;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The Bible</h2> | ! <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#cedff2;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3b0bf;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The Bible</h2> | ||
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*The Bible does not describe Adam or Eve.<br><br> | *The Bible does not describe Adam or Eve.<br><br> | ||
*Lazarus is not mentioned during the baptism of Jesus.<br><br> | *Lazarus is not mentioned during the baptism of Jesus.<br><br> | ||
*Jesus' physical features are not described in the Bible (and Hoffman's painting has brown eyes). | *Jesus' physical features are not described in the Bible (and Hoffman's painting has brown eyes). | ||
*“Laodicea | *“Laodicea does not mean 'woman' in Greek.” (Did you know #17) | ||
*Read [[The Midwives of Egypt]] | *Read [[The Midwives of Egypt]] | ||
*There is no record in the Bible that Herodias' daughter tap danced.<br><br> | *There is no record in the Bible that Herodias' daughter tap danced.<br><br> | ||
*There are many earthquakes recorded in the Old Testament.<br><br> | *There are many earthquakes recorded in the Old Testament.<br><br> | ||
*The languages heard on the day of Pentecost were the languages spoken by the people on the street. No | *The languages heard on the day of Pentecost were the languages spoken by the people on the street. No one there spoke English.<br><br> | ||
*Jesus' last words are recorded in the Bible | *Jesus' last words are recorded in the Bible and are not in an unknown tongue, they are in Aramaic.<br> | ||
*Tel Megiddo is miles away from Jerusalem. | *Tel Megiddo is miles away from Jerusalem (approx. 90km). | ||
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=Statistics= | |||
{{ | When William Branham wanted to use statistics to prove his point, he would often use 80% and provide no backup for his comments. | ||
THE.ANGEL.OF.GOD_ PHOENIX.AZ THURSDAY_ 48-0304 | |||
:''Now, in the meetings, there's somewhat about seventy to '''eighty percent''' that passes through the prayer line, you here, that's healed within the space of ninety days, are well. | |||
MOSES_ HOUSTON.TX TUESDAY_ 50-0110 | |||
:''And during that time, cancer broke out, sickness in the Church. Oh, my. '''Eighty percent''' of the people are sick now. | |||
HERE.WE.HAVE.NO.CONTINUING.CITY_ LITTLE.ROCK.AR 50-0200 | |||
:''Statistics shows by doctors, I believe, that '''eighty percent''' of the women that has children that smoke cigarettes, if they'd raise their baby like they should, to the breast, in eighteen months it dies. It kills the baby, the nicotine poison in the milk of the mother. | |||
ONE.IN.A.MILLION_ LA.CA V-18 N-1 SATURDAY_ 65-0424 | |||
:''They made an analysis throughout Arizona, where I live, of all the schools. They gave the children, unknowingly to them, a mental test. And guess what? Including high schools and--and grammar schools, there was '''eighty percent''' of the children suffering with mental deficiency. | |||
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