Meet the Holder of the Copyright of
Jeremiah Films' Video Against Seventh-day Adventism
by Bob Pickle
[To view the extensive critique of Jeremiah Films' video against
Seventh-day Adventism, exposing the multitude of factual errors,
inaccuracies, and attacks on Scripture contained in the video, click here.]
Jeremiah Films has been well known for its hard-hitting videos that it
has been producing for many years. I myself have previously enjoyed the
videos I have seen. However, after seeing their video against Adventism,
which at the end says that they hold the copyright, and recognizing so
many errors in the video, I began to wonder how accurate their other
videos were as well.
And I am not the only one. Last August a lawsuit against Jeremiah Films,
its owner Pat Matrisciana, and Citizens for Honest Government went to
trial. Two police officers who were accused on the video Obstruction
of Justice of murdering two teenagers decided to sue Pat Matrisciano.
The jury decided that there really wasn't enough evidence to support the
allegation, and $598,750 in damages were awarded the two officers.
I first made contact with Jeremiah Films about my concerns regarding
their video on Adventism on October 13 and 14, 1999. The lady I talked
to was kind. She informed me that they really couldn't help me, since
they had not done the research for the video, but had only done the
filming. She expressed surprise that the selections from Solemn
Appeal used on the video could easily be seen from the book to
not be by Ellen White.
She told me to call MacGregor Ministries, and after what seemed like
being yelled at, I called Jeremiah Films back. She did give me the
number of Mark Martin's church, where I talked to someone who said he
would get back to me but never did.
I called Jeremiah Films again on January 3, and then three times on
January 13. This time I talked with Brian. My wife and I were going out
to California to visit her ailing grandmother, who just happened to live
about 20 miles from Hemet, headquarters for Jeremiah Films. I thought
maybe I could sit down with someone and show them my material
discrediting the points in the video.
Brian avoided the idea. (After all, they didn't do the research, and
they really couldn't help me. The best one to help me was Lorri
MacGregor (a self-admitted non-expert on Adventism), Jeremiah Films had
said). When he found out that I was coming from Colorado, he highly
recommended that I sit down with Pastor Mark Martin in Phoenix, who was
supposed to be able to help me.
I called Martin to set up an appointment. Martin refused to even talk
to me, but through the receptionist said I could write a letter to him.
So I called Jeremiah Films back. Brian said he could understand why I
would feel frustrated when getting answers like that. He told me to
write up what what I had and fax it to them, and they would fax it to
those who put the video together to get a response. I offered to drop it
by when I was out to California, but he said faxing it was better.
So I wrote out 29 points on 10 pages, all the time thinking, Why is
this so hard? Why am I getting the run around? It's not my video. Why am
I having to do all this work?
I finished it at 12:30 am the morning we were to leave. We left at
6:30 am. I didn't get it faxed. So Thursday, January 20, I drove down to
Hemet to find Jeremiah Films. I decided I wouldn't bother them, but just
drop it by.
Going into a mobile home parts place, I borrowed a phone book. To my
surprise, there was only a P.O. Box listed. I asked the man, Do you know
where Jeremiah Films is? He didn't. He called. They wouldn't give him an
address. Then I called. I explained that I just wanted to drop my ten
pages by. Company policy: no visitors for any reason under any
circumstances.
That was it for me. I went to the post office to mail the ten pages
to them. I added a handwritten note saying that I was through with this
dialoging, unless they showed some interest themselves in pursuing it
further.
To date I have received no reply whatsoever from them.
[To view the extensive critique of Jeremiah Films' video against
Seventh-day Adventism, exposing the multitude of factual errors,
inaccuracies, and attacks on Scripture contained in the video, click here.]
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