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Criticism of Mormonism/Cognitive dissonance
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Contents
Criticism
A brief explanation of the criticism.
Source(s) of the Criticism
Response
The response should be brief and summary in nature.
Conclusion
A summary of the argument against the criticism.
Further reading
FAIR wiki articles
- Links to related articles in the wiki
FAIR web site
- Daniel C. Peterson, Reflections on Secular Anti-Mormonism
- Wendy Ulrich, 'Believest thou...?': Faith, Cognitive Dissonance, and the Psychology of Religious Experience.
External links
- Cognitive dissonance - multiple links
- Critique of Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Printed material
- Leon Festinger, A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1957). ISBN 0804701318