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The God Makers
The God Makers is a book and film highlighting the inner workings and perceived negative aspects of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Ed Decker and Dave Hunt co-authored the book and film.
Jeremiah Films produced the film in 1982, expressing a highly critical view of the LDS Church, its practices, and its teachings. The film purports to be an exposé of the church's secrets, and has occasioned controversy among church members and non-members since its release, provoking passionate debates about its veracity and message. Two years after the release of the film, the book was published in 1984.
The God Makers was first shown to a group of 4,000 evangelical Christians on December 31, 1982, at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. It was thereafter screened in various churches as an attempt to educate or warn their members about Mormonism.
The film depicts a meeting between Ed Decker and Dick Baer with two actors who portray Los Angeles attorneys.
The film states that Decker and Baer are there to consult "with a Los Angeles-based law firm about filing a class action lawsuit" against the LDS Church. Decker states that the church is a massive, multibillion-dollar corporation which shatters the lives of families and has ties into Satanism and the occult. Much of the dialogue occurs between Decker, Baer and the two actor/lawyers, in addition to interview segments with various other people interspersed throughout the film.
Dr. Harold Goodman, who is introduced as a Brigham Young University (BYU) professor, former Latter-day Saint bishop, and current mission president, provides quotes at various points throughout the film. Goodman states that the church is very family centered, and notes the importance of temple attendance and marriage to church members.
The film's narrator adds that the temple is used for "only secret ceremonies which are reserved for an elite few," and that temple attendance is required in order that "the worthy Mormon can become a god himself in the life hereafter, ruling over his own planet, with a number of goddess wives." It is stated that temple open houses are the only opportunity some members will ever have to enter the temple, as all those who do enter are required to live according to the basic tenets of the faith and receive a temple recommend from their ecclesiastical authority (bishop).
Baer states that members of the LDS Church believe that there are "billions of these highly evolved humanoids" in space ruling their own planets. A woman is interviewed who said that her goal as a church member was to be "eternally pregnant". One of the actor/lawyers states that he finds it difficult to believe that the church members who are attorneys and judges that he associates with expect to become "infinite gods" and populate planets through "celestial sex" with their "goddess wives". He further states that he would be embarrassed to ask them about this. Decker responds that the Mormons are so embarrassed by it that they themselves don't even talk about it. Floyd McElveen, who is introduced as author of the bestseller, The Mormon Illusion, states that "their whole doctrine flows from this about becoming gods".
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The God Makers
The God Makers is a book and film highlighting the inner workings and perceived negative aspects of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Ed Decker and Dave Hunt co-authored the book and film.
Jeremiah Films produced the film in 1982, expressing a highly critical view of the LDS Church, its practices, and its teachings. The film purports to be an exposé of the church's secrets, and has occasioned controversy among church members and non-members since its release, provoking passionate debates about its veracity and message. Two years after the release of the film, the book was published in 1984.
The God Makers was first shown to a group of 4,000 evangelical Christians on December 31, 1982, at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. It was thereafter screened in various churches as an attempt to educate or warn their members about Mormonism.
The film depicts a meeting between Ed Decker and Dick Baer with two actors who portray Los Angeles attorneys.
The film states that Decker and Baer are there to consult "with a Los Angeles-based law firm about filing a class action lawsuit" against the LDS Church. Decker states that the church is a massive, multibillion-dollar corporation which shatters the lives of families and has ties into Satanism and the occult. Much of the dialogue occurs between Decker, Baer and the two actor/lawyers, in addition to interview segments with various other people interspersed throughout the film.
Dr. Harold Goodman, who is introduced as a Brigham Young University (BYU) professor, former Latter-day Saint bishop, and current mission president, provides quotes at various points throughout the film. Goodman states that the church is very family centered, and notes the importance of temple attendance and marriage to church members.
The film's narrator adds that the temple is used for "only secret ceremonies which are reserved for an elite few," and that temple attendance is required in order that "the worthy Mormon can become a god himself in the life hereafter, ruling over his own planet, with a number of goddess wives." It is stated that temple open houses are the only opportunity some members will ever have to enter the temple, as all those who do enter are required to live according to the basic tenets of the faith and receive a temple recommend from their ecclesiastical authority (bishop).
Baer states that members of the LDS Church believe that there are "billions of these highly evolved humanoids" in space ruling their own planets. A woman is interviewed who said that her goal as a church member was to be "eternally pregnant". One of the actor/lawyers states that he finds it difficult to believe that the church members who are attorneys and judges that he associates with expect to become "infinite gods" and populate planets through "celestial sex" with their "goddess wives". He further states that he would be embarrassed to ask them about this. Decker responds that the Mormons are so embarrassed by it that they themselves don't even talk about it. Floyd McElveen, who is introduced as author of the bestseller, The Mormon Illusion, states that "their whole doctrine flows from this about becoming gods".