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The God Makers is an anti-Mormon film that was produced in 1982 by Jeremiah Films.<ref>A sequel was produced in 1993 entitled ''The God Makers II''. The temple segment portrayed in ''The God Makers'' was used again in ''The God Makers II'' and yet again in the 2007 ''[[Search for the Truth DVD]]''.</ref> The film represents [[Logical fallacies#Appeal to ridicule|an appeal to ridicule]], by taking beliefs or doctrines of the church and presenting them in a manner which makes them appear so strange and bizarre that nobody could possibly accept them. | The God Makers is an anti-Mormon film that was produced in 1982 by Jeremiah Films.<ref>A sequel was produced in 1993 entitled ''The God Makers II''. The temple segment portrayed in ''The God Makers'' was used again in ''The God Makers II'' and yet again in the 2007 ''[[Search for the Truth DVD]]''.</ref> The film represents [[Logical fallacies#Appeal to ridicule|an appeal to ridicule]], by taking beliefs or doctrines of the church and presenting them in a manner which makes them appear so strange and bizarre that nobody could possibly accept them. | ||
− | The film presents itself as an expose of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and is centered around a visit by Ed Decker and Dick Baer to two attorneys at a Los Angeles law firm. The story follows Decker and Baer's presentation of evidence in order to build a case for the initiation of a lawsuit against the | + | The film presents itself as an expose of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and is centered around a visit by Ed Decker and Dick Baer to two attorneys at a Los Angeles law firm. The story follows Decker and Baer's presentation of evidence in order to build a case for the initiation of a lawsuit against the Church. The “attorneys” are in fact actors, but they play the part well as they listen and react with increasing amazement and shock to the tale being told by Decker and Baer. |
Interviews with various individuals are interspersed throughout the film, including several representatives of the Church. The film includes comments from various people who are claimed to be experts in fields such as “the vast wealth of the Mormon church” and “Mormon archaeology." The archaeology "expert" quickly concludes that, after having examined maps and failing to find the city of Zarahemla, the Book of Mormon is a "fairy tale much like Alice in Wonderland." | Interviews with various individuals are interspersed throughout the film, including several representatives of the Church. The film includes comments from various people who are claimed to be experts in fields such as “the vast wealth of the Mormon church” and “Mormon archaeology." The archaeology "expert" quickly concludes that, after having examined maps and failing to find the city of Zarahemla, the Book of Mormon is a "fairy tale much like Alice in Wonderland." | ||
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The God Makers is an anti-Mormon film that was produced in 1982 by Jeremiah Films.[1] The film represents an appeal to ridicule, by taking beliefs or doctrines of the church and presenting them in a manner which makes them appear so strange and bizarre that nobody could possibly accept them.
The film presents itself as an expose of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and is centered around a visit by Ed Decker and Dick Baer to two attorneys at a Los Angeles law firm. The story follows Decker and Baer's presentation of evidence in order to build a case for the initiation of a lawsuit against the Church. The “attorneys” are in fact actors, but they play the part well as they listen and react with increasing amazement and shock to the tale being told by Decker and Baer.
Interviews with various individuals are interspersed throughout the film, including several representatives of the Church. The film includes comments from various people who are claimed to be experts in fields such as “the vast wealth of the Mormon church” and “Mormon archaeology." The archaeology "expert" quickly concludes that, after having examined maps and failing to find the city of Zarahemla, the Book of Mormon is a "fairy tale much like Alice in Wonderland."
At one point, Decker and Baer present an animated film to the "attorneys" in order "to show the difference between Mormonism and Christianity." The animation presents a highly distorted and skewed view of LDS doctrine. This cartoon has gained new viewers as it now makes the rounds on YouTube, often under the heading “Cartoon banned by the Mormon church.”
Specific misrepresentations of the church or its doctrine mentioned in The God Makers include the following:
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