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Here are the two lists that I made of the Classic Anti-Mormon Books, and of the Classic Anti-Anti-Mormon Books:


The Classic Anti-Mormon Books:


Title: The Maze of Mormonism:
Author: Walter Martin:


Title: The Kingdom of the Cults:
Author: Walter Martin:


Title: The God Makers:
Authors: Ed Decker and Dave Hunt:


Title: Mormonism—Shadow or Reality?:
Authors: Jerald and Sandra Tanner:


Title: By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus:
Author: Charles M. Larson:



The Classic Anti-Anti-Mormon Books:


Title: They Lie In Wait to Deceive, Volume I:
Authors: Robert L. and Rosemary Brown:


Title: They Lie In Wait to Deceive, Volume II:
Authors: Robert L. and Rosemary Brown:


Title: They Lie In Wait to Deceive, Volume III:
Authors: Robert L. and Rosemary Brown:


Title: They Lie In Wait to Deceive, Volume IV:
Authors: Robert L. and Rosemary Brown:


Title: The Gainsayers:
Author: Darrick T. Evenson:


Title: The Truth About "The God Makers":
Author: Gilbert W. Scharffs:



What do most of you here think about these Classic Anti-Mormon Books, and these Classic Anti-Anti- Mormon Books? What other Classic Anti-Mormon Books, and/or Classic Anti-Anti-Mormon Books should be on my list here?

You could add "No Man Knows My History" by Fawn Brodie to the first list, and "Tinkling Cymbals and Sounding Brass" by Nibley to the second.

Thama wrote:You could add "No Man Knows My History" by Fawn Brodie to the first list, and "Tinkling Cymbals and Sounding Brass" by Nibley to the second.

Thanks Thama! These are Great Two Suggestions of Classic Anti-Mormon and Anti-Anti-Mormon Books, To add to the list here.

Also, "No Ma'am, that's not history" by Nibley to the Anti-Anti list.

Brackite wrote:Title: The Gainsayers:
Author: Darrick T. Evenson:

Some facts about Evenson

Some of these Anti-Mormon and Anti-Anti-Mormon Books are Online. Here are the links to where these Classic Books are Online at:

Title: The 2003 Edition of The Kingdom of the Cults:
Link: http://www.waltermartin.com/cults.html
Link on Mormonism: http://www.waltermartin.com/Mormon.html#mormcon

Title: They Lie In Wait to Deceive, Volume I:
Link: http://www.fairlds.org/Lie_in_Wait_to_D ... liwv1.html

Title: They Lie In Wait to Deceive, Volume II:
Link: http://www.fairlds.org/Lie_in_Wait_to_D ... liwv2.html

Title: The Truth About "The God Makers":
Link: http://www.fairlds.org/The_God_Makers/

Title: By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus:
Link: http://www.irr.org/MIT/bhoh-pt1.html

The Changing World of Mormonism is also online. This is the condensed version of Mormonism: Shadow Or Reality?.

Ray A wrote:

Brackite wrote:Title: The Gainsayers:
Author: Darrick T. Evenson:

Some facts about Evenson

Ray A wrote:The Changing World of Mormonism is also online. This is the condensed version of Mormonism: Shadow Or Reality?.

Thanks, Ray A.!

I really need to read those anti-anti - has any one that is critical of the Church's tactics read them. What can one expect from them?

karl61 wrote:I really need to read those anti-anti - has any one that is critical of the Church's tactics read them. What can one expect from them?

I don't think any of them are of a particularly high standard. Schaffs is almost an embarrassment (in my opinion).

I think Evenson's The Gainsayers is by far the best, and most original. But see the link above for the odd twist in this story.