1334: Ed Decker - Ex-Mormon, Evangelical Christian, Career "Anti-Mormon," and Creator of “The God Makers” Pt. 3
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2020
⏱️ 63 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.
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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 with me. |
| 0:33.0 | Let me turn back on my video and audio. |
| 0:35.0 | What was that like for you to watch that, Ed? |
| 0:37.0 | I haven't watched that in years. |
| 0:39.0 | Oh, my goodness. How offend. |
| 0:41.0 | I was offended. |
| 0:43.0 | What do you mean? |
| 0:44.0 | Oh, just some of the stuff there, you know, |
| 0:49.0 | Elohim coming down to have sex with Mary. |
| 0:52.0 | You know, the black vein turned black, you know, the black brace. |
| 0:56.0 | I mean, I was, I was listening and watching. |
| 0:59.0 | I could, I could document every single bit of it. |
| 1:02.0 | I mean, it's, it's, it's. |
| 1:04.0 | So the one part that jumped out of, so the one part that jumped out at me was the part about. |
| 1:15.0 | Mary Magdalene and, and a couple other specific wives. |
| 1:20.0 | I don't think, you know, I, I know, I know that Bruce Armaconky taught. |
| 1:25.0 | That, um, that Joseph Smith was a direct descendant of Jesus, a blood descendant of Jesus. |
| 1:31.0 | And that, um, Jesus had multiple wives. |
| 1:35.0 | And that's why Joseph had to be a polygamist because he had to restore all things. |
| 1:39.0 | And that since Jesus had multiple wives, and he named. |
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