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LIST OF LINKS BY ALPHABETICAL ORDER

Mormonism Links - A

Mormonism Links - B

Mormonism Links - C

Mormonism Links - D

Mormonism Links - E

Mormonism Links - F

Mormonism Links - G

Mormonism Links - H

“He Is Savior” Ministries International

Mormonism Links - I

Institute for Religious Research

Mormonism Links - J

Mormonism Links - L

Mormonism Links - M

Mormonism Links - N

Mormonism Links - O

OnDoctrine.com

Mormonism Links - P

Mormonism Links - R

RADAR13 Ministries - Ministry to cults, equipping believers to share their faith
RationalRevelation.com
ReachOutTrust.org
RealMormonHistory.com
Recovering From Mormonism - Downloadable workbook to help with post-Mormonism issues. Critical of Christianity.
Rethinking Mormonism
RumAndMonkey.com
The Resource Center for Theological Research

Mormonism Links - S

Mormonism Links - T

Mormonism Links - U

Mormonism Links - V

Valley Station Church of Christ

Mormonism Links - W

LIST OF LINKS WITH DETAILS

1 - http://www.exmormon.org/goodsite.htm - Links to other sites.

2 - http://www.mormonismi.info/jamesdavid/table.htm - An alphabetical list, by topic, of Mormon-related links; many articles. Originally by James David.

3 - http://www.lds-mormon.com - Articles and links; one of the oldest and most extensive Internet sites on Mormonism.

4 - http://www.josephlied.com Mike Norton's excellent analysis of Mormon problems.

5 - http://utlm.org/ Many articles by Jerald and Sandra Tanner, especially from their newsletter The Salt Lake City Messenger. Also several complete books are online here, including their complete book The Changing World of Mormonism.

5 - http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/mormon.shtml Text of many early Mormon publications, including the 1830 version of the Book of Mormon and the original Book of Commandments. Curt Van Den Heuvel's site.

6 - http://www.irr.org/mit "Mormons In Transition," sponsored by the Insitute for Religious Research, with many articles; Christian orientation; an on-line newsgroup, (MIT-Talk) with evangelical basis

7 - http://www.mrm.org The "Mormon Research Ministry," an evangelical Christian group headed by Bill McKeever; many good articles on Mormonism

8 - http://www.bcmmin.org/ The "Berean Christian Ministry," headed by John Farkas; many articles, a useful chronology of church history, and a long refutation of a Mormon scholar's attempt to discredit critics of the church.

9 - http://www.realmormonhistory.com A collection of historical quotations from Mormon leaders themselves which cast doubt on Mormonism.

10 -http://www.i4m.com/think/ "Rethinking Mormonism" - an excellent site by former Mormon "Deconstructor"

11 -http://trialsofascension.net/mormon.html "20 Truths About Mormonism" by Jim Day, Ph. D.

12 - http://www.TheShelf.com Convenient side-by-side listing of internet articles on both sides of controversial Mormon issues - maintained by Cora Judd

13 - http://zarahemlacitylimits.com/ "Zarahemla City Limits" - many articles and a discussion board

14 - http://mormoncurtain.com/ "Blogging the Exmormon World" - maintained by Michael Hoenie

15 - http://www.zaksite.co.uk/atozelph/twosides.htm "The church is true" "The church is not true" - Chris Tolworthy's site (formerly whyprophets.com); originally a very pro-Mormon site; Tolworthy - now no longer Mormon - presents the arguments of both sides

16 - Mormonism Disproved Christopher Miller's website

17 - Mormonism - Pro and Con Online version of Ed Bliss' book (.PDF format)

18 - http://www.helmsmansociety.com/Issues/2005/mormon052605.htm The Helmsman Society's summary of Mormonism

19 - http://mormonthink.com/scienceweb.htm "[Mormonism's] Conflicts With Science"

LIST OF LINKS BY SUBJECT - from exmormon.org

THE "FIRST VISION"

http://www.irr.org/mit/fvision.html The official version, and why it is a fiction

http://www.i4m.com/think/intro/must_believe_vision.htm The church insists that belief in the validity of the "First Vision" is the basis of Mormonism

http://www.irr.org/mit/First-Vision-Accounts.html All of the early (and contradictory) accounts, from Mormon sources

http://utlm.org/topicalindexc.htm#First Vision

http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/first-vision.html

http://www.bcmmin.org/firstv.html and

http://www.bcmmin.org/firstv2.html

http://www.irr.org/mit/inventbk.html (a review of the book Inventing Mormonism)

THE 1820 REVIVAL

The question of whether there was a revival in 1820 matching Smith's story has been hotly debated by Mormon and non-Mormon scholars. See the exchange between Richard L. Bushman (Mormon) and Wesley P. Walters (non-Mormon) in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, (Spring 1969) 4:1:58ff. A summary of the opposing points of view (by a Mormon scholar) is Marvin Hill, "The First Vision: A Critique and Reconciliation," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, (Summer 1982) 15:31-46.

http://utlm.org/onlinebooks/mclaims1.htm

http://www.xmission.com/~research/about/index.htm (Michael Marquardt's site)

The following three links are about Marquardt's book Inventing Mormonism, a scholarly investigation into Mormonism's early years:

http://www.xmission.com/~research/about/contents.htm

http://www.xmission.com/~research/about/summary.htm

http://www.xmission.com/~research/about/reviews.htm

JOSEPH SMITH AND THE METHODISTS

For Smith's connection with the Methodists, see Inventing Mormonism, pp 54-55, citing Turner, History of Phelp's and Gorham's Purchase, p. 214, which relates that Smith was an informal "exhorter" at Methodist camp meetings before 1822; Pomeroy Tucker, The Origin, Rise and Progress of Mormonism (NY 1867), p 18: Smith joined the "probationary class" of the Methodist church; there was no Methodist church in Palmyra until July 1821 (Inventing Mormonism, p 60 n 41);

http://utlm.org/topicalindexc.htm#Methodist Church

JOSEPH SMITH AND "MONEYDIGGING"

http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/ny_js.htm The report of Smith's 1826 arrest and court appearance for being a "glass-looker"

http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/necromantic.html

http://utlm.org/topicalindexc.htm#Money-Digging and Magic

BOOK OF MORMON "WITNESSES"

http://www.irr.org/mit/bomwit1.html

http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/testimonyof3.htm

http://www.exmormon.org/file9.htm

http://www.irr.org/mit/address1.html The book by David Whitmer, An Address To All Believers in Christ, testifying that God revealed to him that Joseph Smith is a fallen prophet.

(Also at http://utlm.org/onlinebooks/address1.htm

http://www.xmission.com/~research/about/docum4.htm (Martin Harris interview in Tiffany's magazine)

http://www.carm.org/lds/unveiled2.htm Affidavits of Lucy Harris and Abigail Harris about Martin Harris

http://utlm.org/onlineresources/anthon.htm (Martin Harris' visit to Professor Anthon with a copy of characters from the gold plates)

http://www.mormonthink.com/witnessesweb.htm More on the witnesses, including pro-Mormon arguments

METHOD OF TRANSLATION OF THE BOOK OF MORMON

http://www.irr.org/mit/address1.html (David Whitmer's Address To All Believers in Christ; see p. 12, 30)

http://utlm.org/topicalindexa.htm#Black hole The significance of the 116 pages of lost manuscript for testing the authenticity of the book

http://www.mormonthink.com/lost116web.htm More on the 116 lost pages

Martin Harris, Millennial Star 6 Feb 1882, cited in Robert N. Hullinger, Joseph Smith's response to Skepticism, p 9-14, Salt Lake City 1992, said that the plates were not needed, also quoted by John Clark, Gleanings By the Way, 1842, p 228, cited in Hullinger p 11, n 23.

http://www.mormonthink.com/transbomweb.htm More on the method of translation, with specific responses to Mormon arguments

For an official Mormon admission about Smith's use of the "seer stone" in his hat, see "Speaking Today: A Treasured Testament," by Elder Russell M. Nelson, Ensign, July 1993 Volume 23 Number 7 page 61

BOOK OF MORMON ARCHAEOLOGY

http://www.irr.org/mit/bomarch1.html

http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/bomproblems.htm

http://utlm.org/topicalindexa.htm#Archeology

http://www.bcmmin.org/bomarch.html

http://www.lds-mormon.com/bomquest.shtml

http://www.mormonthink.com/bomweb3.htm Good summary of problems, with specific responses to Mormon arguments

http://www.mindspring.com/~dwright/BOM/survey.htm "Book of Mormon Lands Survey" - Daniel Wright's survey of professional (non-Mormon) archaeologists and their views of Mormon claims.

http://mormonscripturestudies.com/bomor/twm/lamgen.asp Recent study by DNA expert Tom Murphy, for which he was threatened with excommunication from the Mormon church, showing that the American Indians are not Semitic

Losing a Lost Tribe by Simon Southerton, former Mormon bishop and professional DNA expert; excellent book explaining the science and how it disproves the Book of Mormon

"Answers to Apologetic Claims about DNA and the Book of Mormon" by Simon Southerton

http://www.lhvm.org/dna.htm More on DNA studies, including a video about DNA's relationship to the Book of Mormon's claims

Who Are The Lamanites? , a four-part article by Kevin Mathie examining the pro and con arguments

http://www.nowscape.com/mormon/zindler1.htm "How Do You Lose a Steel Mill" by Frank R. Zindler
http://www.mormonthink.com/bomweb3.htm Summary of problems with the Book of Mormon, including Mormon responses

JEWISH LAW AND THE BOOK OF MORMON

Salt Lake City Messenger, Issue #74, February 1990, available from Utah Lighthouse Ministry

http://lds-mormon.com/feast.shtml "Feasts in the Book of Mormon"

BOOK OF MORMON CHANGES; OTHER CHANGES

http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/bomchanges.htm

http://www.bcmmin.org/bmchg.html

http://utlm.org/topicalindexa.htm#Changes Changes made in revelations after their first publication, to reflect Smith's changes in doctrine.

The original texts of the Book of Mormon 1830 edition and the 1833 Book of Commandments (predecessor to the Doctrine and Covenants can be found at http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/

PRESENT MORMON DOCTRINE CONTRARY TO BOOK OF MORMON

http://packham.n4m.org/bomvslds.htm A concise listing, with references

http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/test.html

http://www.bcmmin.org/bmchg.html

http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/birth.html On the Virgin Birth, how Jesus was conceived.

http://www.irr.org/mit/CHANGOD.html The changing concept of God.

http://www.bcmmin.org/bcm2.html Changing doctrines of Mormonism.

THE 1825 BOOK View of the Hebrews by Ethan Smith

http://www.irr.org/mit/Books/View-Hebrews/viewhe1a.html (text of View)

http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/voh/voh.shtml (text of View)

http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/bom/written.shtml Could Joseph Smith have written the Book of Mormon?

http://www.lds-mormon.com/voh.shtml Parallels between View and the Book of Mormon.

http://www.irr.org/mit/bhrobert.html B. H. Roberts' conclusions.

FAILURES OF GOD-INSPIRED PROJECTS

Failure of the Kirtland Bank:

http://utlm.org/topicalindexc.htm#Kirtland Bank

Gathering of Zion:

http://packham.n4m.org/prophet.htm

Polygamy - see notes at: #POLYGAMY Deseret Alphabet:

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/deseret.htm

http://packham.n4m.org/byoung.htm#PROPHECIES

THE HOFMANN MURDER SCANDAL

The Mormon Murders: A True Story of Greed, Forgery, Deceit, and Death by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, New York, 1988. The role of the Mormon church leadership in this scandal is carefully documented here.

A Gathering of Saints: A True Story of Money, Murder and Deceit by Robert Lindsey, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1988. Another book on the Hofmann scandal.

Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders by Linda Sillitoe and Allen Roberts, 2nd edition, Signature Books, Salt Lake City.

http://utlm.org/topicalindexb.htm#Hofmann, Mark

"Masterminds: The Anthon Forgeries" Excellent video on the Hofmann forgeries.

THE MORMON TEMPLE CEREMONY (THE "ENDOWMENT")

http://packham.n4m.org/temples.htm : "Mormon Temples and Temple Rituals" - a detailed overview of this most secret part of Mormonism.

The next five links contain the actual text of the ceremony in the various forms it has had since the early days of the church.

1931 Version : http://packham.n4m.org/endow31.htm

1984 Version : http://packham.n4m.org/endow84.htm

1990 Version : http://packham.n4m.org/endow90.htm

2005 changes : http://packham.n4m.org/endow05.htm

(See also http://i4m.com/think/temples/temple_ordinance.htm for a discussion of the significance of the 2005 changes)

http://www.lds-mormon.com/veilworker/endowment.shtml

http://utlm.org/topicalindexc.htm#Temple Ceremony

http://i4m.com/think/temples/ Several articles on temples

http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/garments.html A description of the sacred undergarment which Mormons are required to wear after receiving the endowment.

http://www.nowscape.com/mormon/undrwrmo.htm More on "garments"

http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/temple-ceremony.html

http://www.nowscape.com/mormon/mormcr1.htm

http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/templechanges.htm

http://www.lds-mormon.com/veilworker/recommend.shtml The questions that are asked in the "worthiness interview" to determine whether a member is worthy to receive admission to the temple.

MASONIC INFLUENCE ON MORMONISM

http://www.masonicmoroni.com Paul Graham's comprehensive site, with many links from all points of view

http://www.mormonismi.info/jamesdavid/masendow.htm

http://www.mormonismi.info/jamesdavid/masonry.htm

http://www.irr.org/mit/masonry.html

http://utlm.org/onlinebooks/changech4.htm#Joseph Smith's Magic Talisman Joseph Smith's magical talisman

http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/nohelp.html

http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/masonic-influence.html

THE "ADAM = GOD" DOCTRINE

http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/theory.html

http://www.bcmmin.org/adamgod.html

http://www.bcmmin.org/evolut4.html The changes in the Mormon doctrine about God.

http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/adam-god.html (Text of Brigham Young's 1852 sermon)

http://packham.n4m.org/byoung.htm#ADAMGOD More statements by Brigham Young

A good discussion, with photocopy of Bruce R. McConkie's private admission that Brigham Young did teach the doctrine, is in Tanner, LDS Apostle Confesses Brigham Young Taught Adam-God Doctrine, available from Utah Lighthouse Ministry.

Similar material is in Banister's book For Any Latter- Day Saint

http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/mcconkies-letter.html The text of McConkie's letter admitting that Brigham Young did teach that Adam was God

See also: Adam is God??? by Chris A. Vlachos, pamphlet available from Utah Lighthouse Ministry

POLYGAMY ("CELESTIAL MARRIAGE")

http://www.irr.org/mit/enigma.html A review of Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith, by Linda King Newell and Valene Tippett Avery, University of Illinois Press, 1994; a biography of Joseph Smith's first wife, relating the development of Smith's ideas on polygamy and her opposition to it.

In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith by Todd Compton, Signature Books

http://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org/home Biographies of all of Joseph Smith's wives

http://utlm.org/topicalindexb.htm#Polygamy

http://www.nowscape.com/mormon/polyg.htm

http://www.mormonismi.info/jamesdavid/denpract.htm Smith's public (and untruthful) denials of the rumors about his practice of polygamy.

http://www.mormonismi.info/jamesdavid/menwives.htm Documentation of Smith's seduction of other men's wives.

http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/clndest2.htm An early and generally unknown revelation about polygamy

Mormon Polygamy: A History by Richard S. Van Wagoner, Signature Books, Salt Lake City. An excellent history of its theory and practice, reviewed at http://www.lds-mormon.com/polygamy.shtml.

The Works of Abraham: Mormon Polygamy Sources on Its Origin, Thought, and Practice by B. Carmon Hardy, 2007

http://www.i4m.com/think/history/joseph_smith_sex.htm "Did Joseph Smith have sex with his [polygamous] wives?"

http://www.signaturebookslibrary.org/essays/mormonpolygamy.htm Comprehensive essay on polygamy

http://www.polygamy.org Home page of Tapestry of Polygamy, a group of formerly polygamous women who are exposing its evils as practiced by some Mormon groups today.

http://mormonthink.com/polyweb.htm - responses to Mormon arguments and claims

http://www.i4m.com/think/polygamy/utah_census.htm "U. S. Census numbers and Mormon Polygamy"

Refutation of the claim that polygamy was practiced because of a shortage of men in early Utah

http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/video/lifting-veil-polygamy Video documentary on Mormon polygamy

THE "CURSE OF CAIN": THE CHANGING DOCTRINE ON SKIN COLOR

http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/africanamerican.htm

http://utlm.org/topicalindexa.htm#Blacks

http://www.exmormon.org/blacks1.htm

http://www.lds-mormon.com/racism.shtml

http://packham.n4m.org/byoung.htm#NEGRO Brigham Young's Doctrines on the Black race

http://www.mormonthink.com/blackweb.htm Summary of pro and con views

http://www.religioustolerance.org/lds_race.htm History of racism in Mormonism from the "Religious Tolerance" organization

http://jhuston.com/Documents/1978.htm Background information on the 1978 "revelation"

THE DOCTRINE OF "BLOOD ATONEMENT" AND THE DANITES ("AVENGING ANGELS")

http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/bloodatonement.htm

http://utlm.org/topicalindexa.htm#Blood Atonement

http://www.exmormon.org/bloodatn.htm

http://www.exmormon.org/violence.htm

http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/murder.html

http://www.irr.org/mit/faulring.html

http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/blood-atonement.html Mormons often deny that the doctrine was taught, but they still believe it.

"Blood Atonement" a short video on the origin and present practice

The role of violence in Mormonism is the subject of Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, 2003; this book was on the best-seller lists for a number of weeks.

The authoritative work on the Mountain Meadows Massacre has been Juanita Brooks, The Mountain Meadows Massacre, Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1991.

Brooks is now supplemented by new evidence in Will Bagley, The Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows, Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 2002.

See also Sally Denton's book American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, Knopf 2003.

J. F. Gibbs's complete book Mountain Meadows Massacre is online at http://utlm.org/onlinebooks/meadowscontents.htm

Film treatments of the Mountain Meadows Massacre:

"Burying the Past" (documentary): http://www.buryingthepast.com

"September Dawn" (fictionalized, but based on fact): http://www.septemberdawn.net

THE BOOK OF COMMANDMENTS

http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/boc/boc_main.shtml The complete text of the Book of Commandments, showing the revisions made to them in the Doctrine and Covenants

RESTORATION OF THE PRIESTHOOD

"Priesthood Restored or Retrofit?" by Lane Thuet

THE BOOK OF ABRAHAM

http://www.irr.org/mit/boapage.html The complete book By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus by Charles M. Larson

http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/abraham.html

http://www.mormonismi.info/jamesdavid/index.htm

http://utlm.org/topicalindexb.htm#Book of Abraham

http://www.xmission.com/~research/about/abraham.htm

http://www.xmission.com/~research/about/alphabet.htm The text of Smith's so-called Egyptian Alphabet & Grammar

http://www.bookofabraham.com Comprehensive site, with message board, about the Book of Abraham

An hour-long video about the Book of Abraham: "The Lost Book of Abraham" at http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/video/lost-book-abraham

THE "INSPIRED REVISION" OF THE BIBLE

The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (RLDS, now renamed "Community of Christ") has long used the version by Smith.

http://utlm.org/topicalindexc.htm#Inspired Revision of the Bible

THE KINDERHOOK PLATES

http://www.mormonismi.info/jamesdavid/indekind.htm

http://utlm.org/topicalindexb.htm#Kinderhook Plates

http://www.nowscape.com/mormon/kindrhk/kindrhk.htm

http://www.mormonthink.com/kinderhookweb.htm Good summary of both pro and con views

JOSEPH SMITH'S PROPHECIES

http://packham.n4m.org/prophet.htm A listing of many of Smith's unfulfilled prophecies

http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/falseprophetjs.htm

http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/civilwar.html Joseph Smith's famous prophecy of the Civil War

http://www.lds-mormon.com/civilwar.shtml Another article on the Civil War prophecy

http://utlm.org/onlinebooks/changech13.htm#Rocky Mountain Prophecy Joseph Smith's prophecy about the Mormon move to the Rocky Mountains

http://www.mormonthink.com/prophetsweb.htm Lack of prophecy in the modern church

For some of Brigham Young's failed prophecies, see:

http://packham.n4m.org/byoung.htm#PROPHECIES

JOSEPH SMITH'S DEATH

http://www.solomonspalding.com/docs/exposit1.htm The text of the Nauvoo Expositor, the opposition paper which Smith destroyed, thus leading to his imprisonment and death. It contains all the true accusations which Smith wanted suppressed

http://utlm.org/onlinebooks/changech17.htm#Destruction of Expositor The destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor

For a detailed discussion of Smith's political ambitions, his title "king" and his secret government, see the book by D. Michael Quinn, The Mormon Hierarchy: [Volume 1] The Origins of Power, Signature Books, Salt Lake City, 1994. (Quinn was excommunicated from the Mormon church for his historical researches, but remains a believer)

MORMON FALSIFICATION OF MORMON HISTORY

http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/mormhist.htm D. Michael Quinn's Talk "On Being A Mormon Historian" in which he urges the church authorities to be more open in telling the entire history of the church, without coloring it. Rather than follow his advice, the church excommunicated him.

http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/legacy1.htm An evaluation of the propaganda film Legacy, produced by the church.

http://www.bcmmin.org/persecutor.html An evaluation of the church's claim that it was persecuted.

http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/dunn.htm The uncovering of the lies told by a high-ranking Mormon official

http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/mantle.htm A speech by Boyd K. Packer, a high-ranking church official, on how the church justifies its distortion of its history. Also discussed at http://www.exmormon.org/disease.htm

http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/purge.htm The recent purge of Mormon historians who told too much

http://www.exmormon.org/lying.htm A discussion of speech by Dallin Oaks, a high-ranking church official, on the need for withholding the whole truth.

http://www.exmormon.org/apology.htm

http://www.lds-mormon.com/lying.shtml

http://packham.n4m.org/gbh-god.htm The present "prophet" Gordon B. Hinckley lies about church doctrine in two interviews for the news media.

http://packham.n4m.org/lying.htm More examples of Mormon lying.

A good example of the church's distortion of history is its long cover-up of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. See Juanita Brooks, The Mountain Meadows Massacre, Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1991.

PRAYING FOR TRUTH

"Testimony and Spiritual Witness" - discussion about the reliability of spiritual witness

http://packham.n4m.org/prayer.htm - prayer is not for obtaining information

http://packham.n4m.org/satan.htm - how Satan can deceive

UNUSUAL DOCTRINES

- God was once a man like us: http://packham.n4m.org/gbh-god.htm

- God has a tangible body of flesh and bone: D&C 130:22

- God lives on a planet near the star Kolob: Book of Abraham 3:3-16

- God has at least one wife, our "Mother in Heaven": Joseph Fielding Smith, Man, His Origin and Destiny, p 348-355: "All men and women are in the similitude of the universal Father and Mother..." (More citations in The Changing World of Mormonism, Chapter 7)

- Jesus was married: This idea is consistent with the Mormon doctrine that marriage is required for godhood; see citations from early church leaders at Changing World of Mormonism, Chapter 9. The church denies that this is a doctrine of the church here.

- We can become like God and rule over our own universe. http://packham.n4m.org/gbh-god.htm

- There are many gods, ruling over their own worlds: Citations in "http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/changech7.htm#From%20One%20to%20Many">The Changing World of Mormonism, Chapter 7

- Jesus and Satan ("Lucifer") are brothers: D&C 76:25, Moses 4:1-4

- Jesus Christ was conceived by God the Father by having sex with Mary: Citations in The Changing World of Mormonism, Chapter 7

- We should not try to feel a personal relationship with Jesus: "Our Relationship With The Lord" by Apostle Bruce R. McConkie

- "The Lord" ("Jehovah") in the Old Testament is the same being named Jesus in the New Testament, but not the same as "God the Father": D&C 110:2-4; Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, article "Jehovah"; 1 Nephi 19:10

- In the the highest degree of the celestial kingdom some men will have more than one wife: D&C 132:63

- "Pre-existence": See Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, Vol. 1, ch 4, esp pp 60-61

- Dark skin is a curse from God: 1 Nephi 12:23, 2 Nephi 5:21, Alma 3:6, Jacob 3:8, 3 Nephi 2:15, Morm 5:15.

- The Garden of Eden was in Missouri: D&C 116:1; see also D&C 107:53.

- Animal resurrection: http://packham.n4m.org/animals.htm

- Rainbow: http://packham.n4m.org/prophet.htm

- Satan rules water: D&C 61

- Sun's light is from Kolob: Book of Abraham Facsimile # 2, Explanation of Fig 5

- Gentile blood is replaced: History of the Church 3:380, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith p. 150

- Seeing face of God: D&C 97:16; see also 93:1 and 88:68

- False angel hair color: Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith p. 214; handshake: D&C 129:1-9

PROHIBITION ON COFFEE, ETC. (THE "WORD OF WISDOM")

The text of the Word of Wisdom is in the Doctrine and Covenants Section 89

http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/w_wisdom.htm Problems and inconsistencies with this revelation.

http://utlm.org/onlinebooks/mclaims8.htm#The Word of Wisdom

TITHING, CHURCH WEALTH

http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/tithing.html

http://www.mormonismi.info/jamesdavid/tithing.htm

On the wealth of the church, see: Anson Shupe, Wealth and Power in American Zion, Lewiston NY 1992, or John Heinerman and Anson Shupe, The Mormon Corporate Empire, Beacon, 1988.

OBEDIENCE: "FOLLOW THE BRETHREN"

http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/cannon.htm Excerpts from Under The Prophet In Utah by Senator Frank J. Cannon, showing how the church leaders exert power over members.

http://www.i4m.com/think/leaders/mormon_loyalty.htm Many statements by church leaders emphasizing loyalty to the church

http://www.zionsbest.com/fourteen.html A speech by Ezra Taft Benson, a recent prophet and president, instructing members to obey the prophet without questioning and without checking his advice against scripture.

http://www.lds-mormon.com/mothink.shtml

http://www.lds-mormon.com/thinking.shtml A critical article on the church's mind control.

http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/purge.htm The recent mass excommunications of intellectuals and historians who questioned church authority.

http://www.zionsbest.com/heresies.html Bruce R. McConkie on the heresy of evolution.

HOMOSEXUALS, MASTURBATION

http://www.affirmation.org The website of Affirmation, an organization for Mormons with homosexual leanings. Much information about the church's stance on sex.

http://www.affirmation.org/learning/steps_in_overcoming_masturbation.shtml A talk by Mormon apostle Mark E. Petersen, on how to prevent masturbation.

http://www.affirmation.org/learning/we_see_what_we_believe.asp A critical article by Jeffery R. Jensen, M.D., on the harm done by the church with its stance on homosexuality.

http://www.affirmation.org/learning/homosexuality_a_psychiatrists_response.asp Another article by Dr. Jensen, criticizing the church's department of social services

http://www.zionsbest.com/only.html A speech by Boyd K. Packer on the evils of masturbation in young men, and how to prevent it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilZt88Kt50k Video interviews with young Mormon homosexuals about their treatment

http://www.affirmation.org/learning/in_gods_name.shtml "In God's Name" by Terry Hiscox - a survey of Christian and Mormon treatment of homosexuals

POSITION OF WOMEN IN THE CHURCH

Books by two exmormon women describing their difficulties with the church's treatment of women:

Deborah Laake, Secret Ceremonies, Dell, 1993

Sonia Johnson, From Housewife to Heretic, Doubleday, 1981. Johnson was excommunicated for her activism in favor of the Equal Rights Amendment.

http://www.exmormon.org/mormwomn.htm A woman's viewpoint.

http://www.lds-mormon.com/lying.shtml How the church misrepresents its stance on the role of women.

"Mormon Women, Prozac, and Therapy" by Kent Ponder Ph.D. explores the causes for so many Mormon women being on anti-depressant medications.

http://members.shaw.ca/blair_watson/ "The Psychological Effects of Mormonism" by Blair Watson

PERSONAL STORIES BY FORMER MORMONS

http://www.exmormon.org/ has the personal stories of over six hundred people who left the church and their many different reasons for doing so.

For briefer comments from former Mormons, see http://packham.n4m.org/voices1.htm

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