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Search for the Truth (also known by the name Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith in its DVD form) is an anti-Mormon video produced by Tri-Grace Ministries. The video begins with the claim that Jesus Christ and Joseph Smith were “two of the worlds most prominent and influential men.” It then presents what it claims to be the teachings of Joseph Smith and contrasts them to what it claims to be the teachings of Jesus Christ. A question is raised regarding whether the movements which the video classifies as “Christianity” and “Mormonism” are compatible, despite the claim by both that “Jesus is the Christ.” The video takes portions of the Book of Mormon and compares it to the Bible. The video implies that you have to follow Jesus or Joseph Smith but not both. ==Distribution== The production of the DVD was funded by "an ex-Mormon businessman who financed the project by selling stock in his company." The video was distributed by many groups, one of which was called Concerned Christians, Inc.: the same group that initially distributed the film ''The God Makers'' in 1982. The producers claim that the video was made out of love for the Mormon people.〔The purpose of ''The God Makers'', according to Concerned Christians, was also “to reach out in love to those lost in Mormonism.” See . 〕 The video distributed around 500,000 videos in Utah and 5,000 in the Palmyra New York region. A letter of instruction was included with copies of the DVD to those that were to perform the initial door-to-door distribution, several days before the 177th Annual General Conference of the church that was held on March 31 and April 1, 2007:
The letter goes on to say that the "Mormon Church is vulnerable. We firmly believe that with enough exposure, Mormonism will crumble and become a shadow of what it is today." Slick actions by Evangelicals were continued in the letter which spoke of "HANGING THE DVD ON DOOR KNOBS THE VIDEO DOES THE TALKING and, in fact, we do not advise or encourage interaction with Mormon people until sometime after the distribution is complete." They continue to justify this reason because they believed that the DVD "exposes the false teachings of the Mormon cult." and "As a result, people who view the video are much less likely to be converted to Mormonism and these people often use the information found in the DVD to challenge their LDS neighbors and/or LDS missionaries." In the DVD itself, it states that "This video has been produced out of love for our Lord Jesus Christ and love for our Mormon and Christian friends." However, FairMormon, has stated that "the numerous mischaracterizations, misrepresentations, errors, and outright falsehoods found on the DVD make it difficult for believing Latter-day Saints to see that expression of love as sincere." 〔(FAIRMormon ), Response to Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith or Search for the Truth DVD〕 To add to contoversies made by the DVD, it is nowhere stated in the letter to distributors that they intend to show love to Mormons, only to "shut down the Mormon machine and lead a multitude of lost souls out of this cult and into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. (assuming that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints don't already have a relationship with Jesus)." 〔(Letter of Instruction to Distributors ) with commentary〕 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「Search for the Truth (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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