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Mormon Stories Podcast

1333: Ed Decker - Ex-Mormon, Evangelical Christian, Career "Anti-Mormon," and Creator of “The God Makers” Pt. 2

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.55.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Today we interview Ed Decker -- ex-Mormon, Evangelical Christian, career "Anti-Mormon," and creator of the controversial 80's "anti-Mormon" movie called “The God Makers.”  Today’s interview focuses on four main areas:

Part 1: Ed’s conversion to Mormonism, his life as a Mormon, his loss of faith, and his excommunication.

Part 2: Ed’s “calling” to minister to Mormons, and the making of “The Godmakers.”

Part 3: A discussion about the impact of and controversies surrounding “The God Makers.”

Part 4: Ed’s unfortunate involvement in “The God Makers 2,” the negative fallout, and Ed’s life from then until now.

Transcript

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0:00.0

One, two, three.

0:03.0

Come, come, you saints, no toil nor labor fear.

0:28.0

But with joy, when you're way.

0:34.0

Okay, so how did you then go from being communicated to starting up sort of an ex you know from there for the next year.

0:47.0

I just sat in a Christian church and listened and read the Bible until two and three and four o'clock in the mornings absorbing just the Bible itself.

1:01.0

And I have at least I don't have it anymore.

1:04.0

I'm lucky if I can remember my name by the time we're done with this.

1:09.0

But when I was in my 40s, I had almost like a photographic memory. I could I could tell you, you know, somebody asked me a question.

1:17.0

I'd say, well, that's in the journal with discards is volume eight, eight, 72. I mean, I could pull that stuff out.

1:22.0

So the word was fresh and alive in me. And I was really excited.

1:27.0

And this is where it happened.

1:31.0

There were people from the church who were now asking me and one of my friends, his name was George.

1:37.0

We spent six hours at a at a denny's type restaurant just talking and he gave his life that Jesus Christ.

1:46.0

He was my first convert.

1:48.0

And he still say, but I was talking to Mormons and friends about it. And I did a Bible study one time.

1:55.0

Just asking, answering questions and stuff about the church. I wasn't organized.

2:00.0

I was reading the book of Nehemiah.

2:04.0

And in the book of Nehemiah, there's a section that I can't quote anymore.

2:09.0

And Nehemiah, I was talking to the king. He had a burden for his people.

2:14.0

And he wanted the king to release him to go back and build the wall, repair the wall.

2:20.0

And remember that. And so I was reading that. And I literally began to weep and sob.

2:29.0

And felt that I had to go back to my people.

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