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Key sources	Richard E. Turley, Victims: The LDS Church and the Mark Hofmann Case (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992). ISBN 0252018850.
Wiki links	Ad hominem Appeal to ridicule Begging the question False premise Faulty generalization Judgemental language Negative proof Poisoning the well Red herring Shifting the burden of proof Special pleading Wrong direction fallacy
FAIR links	George Throckmorton and Steve Mayfield, "Salamander Letters" (2006 FAIR Conference presentation) FAIR link Roger Keller, "The Apostasy," FAIR 2004 conference.-> FAIR link Dr. Keller is a former Presbyterian minister.
Online	Template:KnoWhy:1243:An Apostles Witness:21 August 2019 Clark Goble, "Cognitive Dissonance and Confirmation Bias," Mormon Metaphysics blog post, (20 July 2007), libertypages.com. off-site Cognitive dissonance - multiple links off-site Critique of Cognitive Dissonance Theory off-site Dallin H. Oaks, "Recent Events Involving Church History and Forged Documents," Ensign (October 1987): 63.off-site Daniel C. Peterson and William J. Hamblin, "Is Spirituality All in Your Head?," MeridianMagazine.com off-site KnoWhy #102, "How Does the Lord Make our Burdens Light?," Scripture Central (18 May 2020). link Michael D. Jibson, "'Imagine: Review of The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris'," FARMS Review 18/1 (2006). [233–264] link Daniel C. Peterson, "Better Kingdom-Building through Triage," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 46/0 (20 August 2021). [vii–xiv] link Daniel C. Peterson, "Reflections on Secular Anti-Mormonism," FARMS Review 17/2 (2005). [423–450] link Richard Lloyd Anderson, "The Alvin Smith Story: Fact and Fiction," Ensign (August 1987): 58.off-site Stephen D. Ricks, "Editor's Introduction," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 1/1 (1992). [–] link Utah History Encyclopedia, "Mark Hofmann" off-site KnoWhy #1, "What Does It Mean to Be a Martyr?," Scripture Central (21 August 2019). link Richard N. Williams, "The Spirit of Prophecy and the Spirit of Psychiatry: Restoration or Dissociation? (Review of The Sword of Laban: Joseph Smith Jr. and the Dissociated Mind)," FARMS Review (2000). [435–444] link
Video	"Believest thou?" Faith, Cognitive Dissonance, & Psychology of Religious Experience, Wendy Ulrich (Psychologist), 2005 FAIR Conference Part 1: Cognitive Dissonance Part 2: Cognitive Dissonance Part 3: Cognitive Dissonance Part 4: Cognitive Dissonance Part 5: Cognitive Dissonance Part 6: Cognitive Dissonance
Print	Template:Book:Brown-Mather:Almas Reality Reading Alma As Sinful Repentant Traumatized:2021 Leon Festinger, A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1957). ISBN 0804701318 Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, and Stanley Schachter, When Prophecy Fails: a Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group That Predicted the Destruction of the World, (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1956). Linda Sillitoe and Allen Roberts, Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders, 2nd. ed., (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1989). ISBN 0941214877
JS	V Articles about Joseph Smith Life and Character Status in Latter-day Saint belief Joseph's trustworthiness Money digging Folk magic or the occult The Word of Wisdom Alleged narcissism Youth Joseph Smith's family as trustworthy and hard-working Education Use of seer stones as a youth The Hurlbut affidavits Joseph Smith's 1826 trial Revelations and the Church Witness of Jesus Christ First Vision Book of Mormon Joseph Smith's inspired revision of the Bible (JST) The restoration of the priesthood Personages who appeared to Joseph Smith Production of the Book of Abraham Kinderhook Plates Prophetic Statements The U.S. Civil War Rocky Mountain prophecy The White Horse prophecy Alleged false prophecies of Joseph Smith Joseph Smith and Old Testament practices Society Legal issues 1826 trial Creation of the Kirtland Safety Society Failure of the Kirtland Safety Society Campaign for President of the United States Plural marriage (polygamy) Plural marriage or polygamy Polygamy navigator Plural wives of Joseph Smith Death The Nauvoo Expositor Events surrounding the death of Joseph Smith Firing a gun at Carthage Jail Qualification as a martyr 1844 Succession to Joseph Smith