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John Edward "Ed" Decker (born 1935) is an American counterculture apologist and evangelist known for his studies, books, and public presentations of the perceived negative aspects of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and Freemasonry. He is a former member of the LDS Church and prominent early member of a Christian group for ex-Mormons called Saints Alive in Jesus. His most well-known book is ''The God Makers: A Shocking Expose of What the Mormon Church Really Believes'', co-authored by Dave Hunt. ==Biography== Decker was born to a Jewish mother and Dutch father of the Reformed Christian faith (Calvinist) but raised an Episcopalian. While attending Utah State University, he married a Latter-day Saints student named Phyllis and converted to Mormonism. He met Phyllis Ray Danielson in "about 1952" during his junior year of highschool and had a reputation of being a "wild young man." They later married in "the Presbyterian Church on June 10, 1956." 〔There are many sources to find these quotes. An exact copy of Phyllis' affidavit can be found in Robert L. & Rosemary Brown's book, ''They Lie in Wait to Deceive vol IV''pg 9. Another online source can be found through (this link )〕 During their marriage, Ed Decker struggled to hold a job and his wife explained that "During the first ten years Ed and I were married, we moved twenty six times." 〔ibid 9〕In the LDS Church, he served in roles such as Sunday School teachers and was once a Sunday School President of a local ward. He claimed to also serve as a bishop which turned out to be false. 〔Brown, Robert L. and Rosemary Brown (1995) They Lie In Wait to Deceive, vol 4 Mesa: Brownsworth Publishing Co. Inc〕 Decker later divorced his first wife and blamed it on the LDS Church as mentioned in his pseudo-documentary, The God Makers: "I spent many years trying to reestablish those (family ) relationships". The movie also states that he is a "victim" of the Mormon Church. However, his wife later said "I understand he often blames me and the Church for the breakup of our marriage in 1969. Nothing could be further from the truth... Ed had affairs for seven... years and I was continually advised by the LDS Church to forgive him. I... wanted more than anything to have a happy home." (9 ) The main complaint in the divorce papers read that the "Defendant has admitted to plaintiff that he had frequently and on numerous occasions had the company and companionship of other women." 〔Brown and Brown 1995. pg 11〕 The DECREE IN DIVORCE also mentions Ed Decker's default. He was served personally as required by law and failed to file an appearance or make an answer, the matter was "taken as confessed." Complaint eight, of the 12 complaints, reads that he has "been guilty of extreme and repeated mental cruelty toward the plaintiff, in that he on many occasions had the company and companionship of other women." The divorce was granted by the court under the grounds of "mental cruelty." Phyllis was question that "he (Decker ) admitted to you that he has frequently and on numerous occasions had the company and companionship of other women?" to which she answered "Yes." 〔Brown and Brown 1995, 11-22〕 Prior to his excommunication from the LDS Church, he has accused the LDS Church of attempting to assassinate him, 〔On Decker's accusations, see the exposé written by anti-Mormon crusader Wally Tope, "Poisoned" at Pizzaland: The Revealing Case of Ed Decker's "Arsenic Poisoning" (La Canada Flintridge, CA: Frontline Ministries, 1991); also Tanner and Tanner, Serious Charges against the Tanners, 32-47.〕 that "Reactivators", what he describes as Mormon officials whose goal it is to either bring back members to the church or murder them, have sought him, 〔See Saints Alive in Jesus Newsletter (September-October 1993): 2-3.〕 has also prophesied that "the God of the Jews and Christians" was at war with "the god of the Mormons," and that the waters of the Great Salt Lake would soon rise to engulf both Salt Lake City and its temple, unless the Latter-day Saints relinquished Brigham Young University's Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies, 〔For a discussion of this "prophecy," with references, see Tanner and Tanner, The Lucifer-God Doctrine (), 16-17. Ironically, in his Saints Alive in Jesus Newsletter (May-June 1994): 1, Decker harshly criticizes several of his fellow Protestants for giving false prophecy (on an unrelated subject).〕 has also claimed that the LDS Washington D.C. temple has a full scale white house replica that is awaiting the day that, following the Mormon revolution, the president of the Church will issue his theocratic dictates from it to the conquered people of the United States, 〔Unfortunately, we were unable to locate this priceless allegation in print. However, at least three other dedicated Decker-watchers remember having seen or heard the claim. And a friend's July 1995 call to Decker headquarters in Washington State, though it failed to locate a specific written reference, did get a general, implicit repetition of the claim. In a 9 August 1995 telephone call with the same friend, Decker himself denied the notion of a "full-scale replica," but did confirm that Latter-day Saint leaders will rule the United States from the Washington D.C. Temple.〕 and he has also noted that Mormons perform rituals in the temples that involve slitting their own wrists and writing the satanic number 666 on their foreheads and to also use the blood of "diamond back rattlers" and racks of human skulls that he says were stored in the Holy of Holies of the Salt Lake Temple. 〔See Tanner and Tanner, The Lucifer-God Doctrine (), 2-3; Tanner and Tanner, The Lucifer-God Doctrine (), 8-11〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ed Decker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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