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Title: The God Makers: A Shocking Expose of What the Mormon Church Really Believes
ISBN: 1565077172
Author:
Ed Decker
Dave Hunt
Publicate Date: 1997-11-15
Publish: 1997-11-15
List Price: $13.99
Average Customer Rating: 2.5
Format: Paperback
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1: not worth the time to read
If this book takes you a full day to read, then in the same time, an average of 150 Christians will have been killed (somewhere in the world) for their beliefs. Approximately 137,000 babies will have been aborted. You can't tell me that while Christianity is under threat globally, attacking Mormons is the best use of our energy. Even if they don't accept the Nicene creed, they are not the biggest threat. This book's strategy is to straighten deck chairs as the Titanic sinks. Here's a better use of time: how about writing to someone in Congress to stop legislating away our freedom of worship?
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2: One Narrow Dogma for Another
Mostly accurate, but not neutral. The God Makers details some of the problematic history of Mormonism and its leaders but fails to engage this reader. An alternative agenda is in play. Traditional Christianity and common biblical interpretations are subtly (or not so) promoted and while I appreciate each author's right to an agenda, I am not inspired by one narrow dogma over another. Mormonism may be more narrow, but it's all a house of cards. Authorial credibility is lost when a card is removed and the author attempts to keep the rest of the house standing. It insults the reader's intelligence. Not impressed.
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3: Give me a real scholar.. plz
Give me a real scholar in religion, history, etc. Not some two faced ex-Mormon that could not live up to any of his commitments. "to live a christlike life" Man is ex'd.. and now he writes a book. Hmm.. no ty, give me a respectable scholar, outside of the Mormon faith that is completely unbiased.
I would give this book some creditability if it were from a man that had no affiliation from the LDS church or biased faith. I will not be finishing this book, now that I know he was an ex'd. How lame and pathetic to go and write up lies with truth's to boost your pathetic ego. !@#$% adulterers! :/
Ohhh... poor me, what? I cant cheat on my wife and faith? and get a way with it? but I have sexual needs? All these dumbfound girls eager to indulge my ego. *Dont buy this book, dont support ex-mormon's, especially ones that cant keep "it" in their pants.
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4: don't believe everything you read
I hope people don't believe everything they read. If you want to know more about the Mormon religion, ask a Mormon, not someone who distorts and sensationalizes. As for the Bible being the "true word of God": the Bible is writings of prophets and their accounts, not directly written by God. Mormons hold the Bible to be true, but also believe in modern day prophets and revelations. People have no problem believing in prophets from the Bible, but refuse to believe God still calls prophets to be his mouthpiece.
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5: not a bad place to start studying the LDS
I have a long standing interest in Mormonism. I believe i read this when it first came out in 1984, but it was worth the time to reread.
Mormonism is important for a number of reasons. Several touched on in the book, it's power, influence and money. it's rapid growth, it's similarity to real Christianity, and for it's basic theology, it's similiarity to gnosticism and hinduism etc.
only in a few places did i disagree with the author and those were places his premil-dispensationalist theology popped up. i think that the book is well researched, well presented and factually correct. withstanding the test of time and the assaults of Mormons protecting their faith.
worthwhile as a sunday school text, a young Christians study group or for self study on the phenomena of Mormonism. off hand i can only think of the Tanner's work as being better.
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