<< you do realize that people like you know next to nothing about mormons? if you want to know about mormons, go to lds.org, mormon.org, or talk with the missionaries. >>
OMG. Riiiiiiight. THEN we should go to the Enron execs to ask us to explain THEIR scandals (???)
For info the Mormons would rather you didn't know about, I'd suggest:
Utah Lighthouse Ministry: http://www.utlm.org/ (fascinating archives of materials and memories having to do with former mormons.)
Rethinking Mormonism: http://www.i4m.com/think/
Remembering the Wives of Joseph Smith: http://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org/
http://www.postmormon.org/exp_e/index.php/home is also worth a look, too.
(Or cut + paste:http://www.postmormon.org/exp_e/index.php/home
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You can also look into interviews, etc., with Fawn Brodie, who was excommunicated from the LDS for writing an honest biography on Mormon founder Joseph Smith. She had access to all the materials in the LDS libraries, then they freaked out when she actually approached Smith's life in a straightforward, scholarly manner, and threw her out of the church (!)
Interview with Fawn Brodie: http://www.salamandersociety.com/interviews/fawnbrodie/
Q: In the new material [for the second edition] that you have been able to obtain, or get access to, has...
A: It all verifies the original thesis, that [Joseph Smith's] was an evolutionary process from the very beginning, that the visions probably began in some kind of childhood dream and, at any rate, were very, very different from the way he described them when he began writing his history. The fraudulent nature of the Book of Mormon is, I think, unmistakable; that has not changed. The devout Mormons still believe it to be the work of God. The "Jack Mormons" are pretty certain it is not, but still respect the organization of the church and feel that it does a great deal of good, so they stay with it. I can see that there are many things about the brotherhood that are very rewarding. But, I think there is no question that the Book of Mormon was fraudulently conceived. This will always be a stumbling block to people who are trying to make converts.
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