286:. The narrator states that the Book of Mormon was recovered by "a young treasure seeker named Joseph Smith, who was known for his tall tales in upstate New York." The narrator states that the Mormons thank God for Joseph Smith and that Smith will sit in final judgment over them, along with God the Father and the Mormon Jesus. The film depicts Smith sitting in the center position with God the Father and the Mormon Jesus to either side during the judgment process. It is stated that Joseph Smith shed his blood for us, so that we too may become gods. Upon viewing the animation, one of the actor/lawyers comments that it sounds like something from
770:, p. 20 Swenson states, "All the people in this film are presented as 'real people', although several are actually actors re-creating incidents. Quickly, the film includes, in roughly chronological order: an invisible narrator, a middle-aged man whose family is torn from him (I call this man the stevedore; he is portrayed by an actor); a bearded, artistic-looking professorial man who lost his family (an actor); Ed Decker; Dick Baer; two attorneys (I call one the Doubting Thomas-he is wearing a velvet jacket- and the other I call Mr. Silver Gray, a distinguished older man-both actors)"
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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,
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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
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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
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Mormonism as a cult far removed from mainstream Christianity, and that many statements that are represented as Mormon doctrine are not actual doctrine, with a particular emphasis on "those ideas which would seem most anomalous to Christians". In
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Christian broadcast media, which was on the rise in the 1980s. It was primarily screened for church attendees, who saw it as a definitive explanation of Mormonism. This damaged the public perception of the LDS Church. But despite popularity in some
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his son left him before he committed suicide, after which a woman is asked by an interviewer what she would miss the most if she left the church. The woman replies that she would "rather be dead" than leave.
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Decker's works such as "Ed Decker's ability to make up stories," "his ability to fabricate evidence to support his own opinions," and his choice of "the path of sensationalism in his work on Mormonism."
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childhood. I didn't hear anyone reaching out in love Tuesday night. I heard people reaching out in hatred of another's right to believe what he wants."
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228:Many gods
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483:Chinese
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