Interesting Reading Materials. Initially compiled by countrygirl.

 

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Websites Critical of Mormonism

 

Christian Websites 

  

Mormonism Research Ministry is a missionary/apologetics organization that was organized in 1979 to propagate the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to critically evaluate the differences between Mormonism and biblical Christianity.

 

 

Tower to Truth Ministries presents essays and audio files critical of mormonism from a Christian stance.  Includes 50 Questions to Ask Mormons

 

Challenging Mormonism is a website produced by Challenge Ministry that presents tracts critical of mormonism.  

 

Light Planet presents a number of articles on mormonism.

 

 

Secular Websites 

 

MormonThink is a website produced by current and former members of the LDS church.  It's goal is to present objective information about the LDS church, along with both faithful and critical points of view.

 

Rethinking Mormonism is a collection of essays about mormonism.

 

The Mormon Curtain is an archive of ex-mormon articles compiled from various ex-mormon websites.

 

Book of Mormon Problems presents articles and essays addressing Book of Mormon historicity.

 

 

 

In Search of Book of Mormon Geography presents Vernal Holley's maps and list of geographical names that show parallelism between geographical locations in the Northeastern U.S. and the Book of Mormon.

 

Richard Packham is a retired college teacher and attorney, as well as a former mormon.  His website contains a large number of essays on Mormonism, Christianity, and the Bible.  

  

 

http://www.josephlied.com

 

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

 

http://packham.n4m.org/101.htm

 

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

 

http://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org

 

http://trialsofascension.net/mormon.html

 

http://www.exmormon.org/mormon/mormon508.htm

 

http://www.bookofabraham.info/

 

http://www.whymormons.net/2008/04/online-chat-with-joseph-smith.html

 

http://www.mormonalliance.org/

 

Jim Huston's Topical Guide for Apostates

 

 

Books and Manuscripts Online

http://sidneyrigdon.com/Classics1.htm

 

http://journalofdiscourses.org/

 

http://www.antimormon.8m.com/

 

http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/bom1830/bom_main.shtml

 

http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/boc/boc_main.shtml

 

http://antimormon.8m.com/youngindex.html

 

http://olivercowdery.com/smithhome/2000s/2001RBSt.htm

 

http://www.mormonstudies.com/index.html

 

LINK

 

http://mccue.cc/bob/documents/rs.most common questions.pdf

 

http://www.exmormon.org/mormon/mormon418.htm (Steve Benson's story)

 

Quotes

http://www.ils.unc.edu/~unsworth/mormon/index.html

 

http://www.2think.org/quotes2think.shtml

 

 

Newspaper Articles

http://www.utlm.org/onlineresources/nytimes1912papyrus.htm

 

http://sidneyrigdon.com/Classics1.htm

 

http://www.deseretnews.com/user/comments/1,5150,695252833,00.html

 

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700232565,00.html

 

 

Parables and Stories

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

 

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

 

http://www.salamandersociety.com/parables/ 

  

Polygamy Info

http://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org/

 

http://www.i4m.com/think/polygamy/JS_Polygamy_Timeline.htm

 

http://www.i4m.com/think/history/Joseph_Smith_mens_wives.htm

 

http://www.i4m.com/think/polygamy/index.html

 

 

Psychology and Cult Info

http://www.refocus.org

 

http://www.virginia.edu/insideuva/2001/26/haidt.html

 

http://members.shaw.ca/blair_watson/

 

http://members.shaw.ca/blair_watson/symptoms.htm

 

http://www.freedomofmind.com

 

http://www.factnet.org/headlines/destructive_cult_warning_signs.html

 

http://www.spiritualabuse.org/introduction.html

 

http://www.csj.org/infoserv_cult101/checklis.htm

 

 

Resignation Help

http://www.mormonnomore.com/

 

 

BoM Geography, DNA, Lack of Evidence Info

http://www.uwec.edu/geOGrApHY/Ivogeler/w188/utopian/mormon-place-names.htm

 

 

Exmormon Websites and Forums

www.postmormon.org

 

http://www.exmormon.org

 

http://home.teleport.com/~packham/#MORMONISM

 

http://www.utlm.org/

 

http://www.exmormonfoundation.org/

 

http://www.mormondiscussions.com/

 

 

Misc. and Statistical Info

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/628988170/taf

 

http://www.mormonlawsuit.com/

 

http://www.i4m.com/think/polygamy/JS_Polygamy_Timeline.htm

 

http://www.mormonstockindex.com/msi/index.shtml

 

 

You Tube, Video Info

http://www.bookofabraham.info/

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcMWuNldOsE

 

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Lyndon+Lamborn&search_type=

 

http://mormonstories.org/whytheyleave/

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGOXKVbgK9g&NR=1

 

Blogs, etc.

http://www.whymormons.net

 

http://blog.mrm.org/

 

http://mccue.cc/bob/postmormon.htm

 

http://mormontruth.blogspot.com/

 

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

 

http://craiginthemiddle.blogspot.com/

 

http://www.exmormon.org/mormon/mormon414.htm

 

 

Apologetics

http://www.apologeticsindex.org/m04af.html

 

http://www.carm.org

 

http://mormonstories.org/whytheyleave/

 

http://en.fairmormon.org/Joseph_Smith's_marriages_to_young_women

 

http://www.cumorah.com

 

Miscellaneous

 

Psychology Today website on belief.  Collection of articles examining belief.