This will be my last post on Mormonism for a while. I honestly never intended for this blog to center around Mormonism, but it’s a hard subject for me to avoid given my background and the concern I have for my friends and family.
The purpose of this post is to ask an honest question. I’m trying to learn all I can about Mormonism. In my statements here and elsewhere I’d like to portray LDS doctrine as accurately as I can without resorting to ad hominem or straw man arguments. To that end, I’m asking the LDS folks who read this blog to please recommend some positive reading material. I’m interested in reading the classics I never read before—preferably books that most Mormons would recognize and trust.
Since so many commenters claim that I don’t understand the Mormon concept of forgiveness, I’m currently reading The Miracle of Forgiveness by Spencer W. Kimball ((Being such an old book, I was worried that it may have fallen out of popularity, but I was encouraged by the clerk at Seagull Book & Tape. When I brought it to the counter she told me she had just purchased herself a copy and was really enjoying it.)).
Other books on my list include:
- Mormon Doctrine by Bruce R. McConkie
- Answers to Gospel Questions by Joseph Fielding Smith
- Believing Christ by Stephen E. Robinson
- Following Christ by Stephen E. Robinson
- The Plan of Salvation by Matthew B. Brown
Are there any classics I’m leaving out ((In case anyone wants to recommend The Book of Mormon, I should mention that I’ve read a few times already and am currently a fourth of the way through it again.))? Any on the list above I should avoid? Especially any on the list above you’ve never heard of or know little about?
Thanks are offered in advance for any counsel provided.