Translation
or Divination? — The eyewitnesses to the dictation
of the Book of Mormon describe a different method than
the one depicted by the Mormon Church.
New
Light on Joseph Smith's First Vision — This
carefully documented article summarizes evidence
uncovered by Mormon historians and others that there was
no revival in 1820 in the Manchester/Palmyra, New York
area, as related in the official First Vision account.
Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale
Smith — Joseph Smith's sexual involvement with girls
as young as 14 has been carefully documented by
contemporary Mormon historians Linda King Newell &
Valeen Tippetts Avery in this award-winning book,
The Freemasonry/Occultism Connection
— The evidence of Joseph Smith's close connection to occultism and Freemasonry, and how this influenced the origin and development of the Mormon Church is not well known outside of scholarly circles.
Joseph
Smith's UNCENSORED Diaries — Reveals Joseph's
teaching regarding women and the priesthood, the Word of
Wisdom, celestial marriage and other matters without the
"faith-promoting" veneer.
Joseph Smith the Monotheist — According to Prof. Thomas G. Alexander of Brigham Young University, early Mormonism held to a monotheistic, Trinitarian view of God very close to that of historic Christianity.