For Careful Discernment:
*Note:  “The Mormon Church's own official history set is the 7-volume History Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints History Of Joseph Smith The Prophet Part One distilled from Joseph Smith's own writings/dictations, later edited by General Authority, B.H. Roberts. Get the earliest editions, published 1902-1912, because in later editions beginning with 1932, the church altered or eliminated many embarrassing passages.”  < http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/35TJAZ00NMVTS >  30 January 2007. 
*Claudia Louise Bushman and Richard Lyman Bushman.  Building the Kingdom: A History of Mormons in America.  New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
*Richard S. Van Wagoner.  Mormon Polygamy: A History.  Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books,1989.  (Though few Mormons practiced it, Joseph Smith’s sanction on polygamy brought the disfavor of 19th-Century America.  Later the LDS stopped this practice. )
*Robert Gottlieb & Peter Wiley.  America’s Saints: The Rise of Mormon Power.  New York, New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1984. 
*Jan Shipps.  Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition.  Urbana and Chicago, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1985. 
*Gordon B. Hinckley. Truth Restored: A Short History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1969.
*Bruce R. McConkie.  Mormon Doctrine. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Books, 1958.  (In some of their publications, the LDS church expresses  disgust towards the historically ancient New Testament Church.  For example, in  “General Authority Bruce R. McConkie’s  1958 edition of Mormon Doctrine, he had stated his unofficial opinion that the Catholic Church was part of "the church of the devil" and "the great and abominable church" because it was among organizations that misled people away from following God's laws.”  Later editions omit this. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints>     Also:  [Under the heading, "Church of the Devil," Apostle Bruce R. McConkie lists:] "The Roman Catholic Church specifically—singled out, set apart, described, and designated as being ‘most abominable above all other churches’ ([Book of Mormon,] 1Nephi 13:5)" (Mormon Doctrine, 1958, p. 129).  <http://www.catholic.com/library/Mormon_Stumpers.asp>.   Moreover:  "It is also to the Book of Mormon to which we turn for the plainest description of the Catholic Church as the great and abominable church. Nephi saw this 'church which is the most abominable above all other churches' in vision. He 'saw the devil that he was the foundation of it' and also the murders, wealth, harlotry, persecutions, and evil desires that historically have been a part of this satanic organization. ([Book of Mormon,]1Nephi 13:1-10)"  Mormon Doctrine, p. 130 (1958))<http://www.irr.org/mit/WDIST/wdist-authority-claims-of-LDS-leaders.html>. For more recorded animosity against the Catholic Church, see <http://www.exmormon.org/mormon/mormon327.htm> . 
A) “For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not  fiction . . . ” (Thomas Alva Edison) < http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/English_proverbs >   B) “Repeating a lie  doesn't  make that lie true.” < http://www.memorable-quotes.com/thomas+edison,a2118.html cf. http://www.thomasedison.com/biog.htm >   C)  Even some of the Church’s worse critics dared not  to establish their own  supposedly divine-institution.  It is said that one of Voltaire's disciples once asked him, “I'd like to found a new religion. How should I go about it?”  To which Voltaire replied, “It's very simple.   Just get yourself crucified and then rise from the dead.” < Even some of the Church’s worse critics dared not to establish their own supposedly divine-institution. One example is Voltaire [Pseudonym of Francois Marie Arouet] (confer http://humanities.uchicago.edu/homes/VSA/ ): To say he was no friend of the historically ancient Catholic Church would be an understatement.  Still, it’s ironic how he did not make a “better” church.  It is said that one of Voltaire's disciples once asked him, "I'd like to found a new religion. How should I go about it?" To which Voltaire replied, "It's very simple. Just get yourself crucified and then rise from the dead." <  http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a38b7e9ba0142.htm ;   http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,865331,00.html  ; >   D)  “A wicked book cannot repent.” <http://www.google.com/search?q=%22a+wicked+book+cannot+repent%22+&num=100&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&filter=0>.