Was William Branham Honest

Was William Branham Honest? (Part 1).

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Video Transcript

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.