1335: Ed Decker - Ex-Mormon, Evangelical Christian, Career "Anti-Mormon," and Creator of “The God Makers” Pt. 4
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2020
⏱️ 59 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 way. |
| 0:34.0 | Okay, tell us about God-makers too. Why did you do a God-makers too? What were you trying to do? |
| 0:40.0 | I didn't try to do anything. It wasn't my film. What? |
| 0:43.0 | It was not my film. Who did God-makers too? |
| 0:46.0 | Carol Matruchiana. Why, why didn't you do it? |
| 0:49.0 | Because I didn't want to do it. Why not? |
| 0:51.0 | I didn't like the subject matter to begin with. No, no, no, no. |
| 0:55.0 | I was, I wasn't even paid, but I was a talking head in that movie because of my close relationship to the Metruchianas and their ministry. |
| 1:10.0 | Okay, wait. So, Puzz, how did you first hear about God-makers too? |
| 1:13.0 | And were you saying it wasn't your idea? |
| 1:15.0 | No, it was Pat and Carol and Matruchianas' whole idea. |
| 1:19.0 | Well, certainly you would own the copyright to the trademark. No, no, no. Why not? |
| 1:25.0 | Who does? I own the God-makers. |
| 1:28.0 | Meaning what? I own the God-makers one movie. |
| 1:32.0 | You own the movie? Yes. |
| 1:34.0 | Did you own the rights to the book? |
| 1:36.0 | Yeah, I, it's, that's my book, you know. |
| 1:39.0 | So, how can they make the God-makers too without your permission? |
| 1:45.0 | God-makers too deals with a total different side of Mormonism than I do. |
| 1:48.0 | But how can they even use the, I mean, it'd be like me creating Star Wars 2. |
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