Contradictory accounts of the trial exist, and the outcome is not specified.The allegation that Joseph Smith dug up and took with him a part of his brother Alvin’s body to the hill Cumorah is unconfirmed.
The story of the exhumation of Alvin’s remains gained new life with the “discovery” of
[t]he film does not fairly portray the Mormon Church, Mormon history, or Mormon belief. Two former Mormons seek to file a class-action lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, detailing for skeptical attorneys the history, doctrines and secret rituals of the Mormon religion. Decker claims that Smith used “blood sacrifices in his magic rituals” in order to locate treasure. Decker states that the church is a massive, multibillion-dollar corporation which shatters the lives of families and has ties into The film's narrator adds that the temple is used for "only secret ceremonies which are reserved for an elite few," and that temple attendance is required in order that "the worthy Mormon can become a god himself in the life hereafter, ruling over his own planet, with a number of goddess wives."
The LDS Church is described as a huge business enterprise.
This damaged the public perception of the LDS Church. The introductory segment contains the following warning:
"Another Look at The Godmakers". At one point, Decker and Baer present an animated film to the "attorneys" in order "to show the difference between Mormonism and Christianity."
An illustration of text ellipses. We are of the opinion that The Godmakers relies heavily on appeals to fear, prejudice and other less worthy human emotions.
Immediately following this statement, a text overlay states that shortly after the interview, Lillian was found dead in her home of a gunshot wound.
He also suggests that the requirement to wear “Decker claims that Joseph Smith was a sorcerer and fortune teller and that “[i]t is therefore quite natural to surmise that Smith’s followers would be involved in the same practices that he advocated.” Decker also claims that Smith was convicted of sorcery and “crystal ball gazing or fortune telling” by courts in New York. TV News. They state that the LDS Church has "billions" with which to fight the case and that it would take years.
We find particularly offensive the emphasis that Mormonism is some sort of subversive plot — a danger to the community, a threat to the institution of marriage, and destructive to the mental health of teenagers. We believe that continued use of this film poses genuine danger to the climate of good will and harmony which currently exists between…neighbors of differing faiths.