I never cease to be amazed at how quickly you Mormon bashers show up whenever any thread so much as mentions the word "mormon".
Pavlov's dogs have nothing on you guys.
Sorry, but the 'missionaries' stealing was set forth by the author in her book as collaborated by the publisher. Bookstores were then reporting this book missing.
Several relatives/friends were former LDS church and gave me the book...they stated their experiences were similar and/or worse regarding the author's. That is the basis for my reply.
I've posted articles on this forum for over 3 1/2 years, possibly approaching 7,000 articles, plus numerous replies.. I challenge you to review my postings and list all my bashings.
Otherwise ...pound salt!
Actually - from what I read in Mostert's critique of the Newsweek article - I think the Newsweek article has it just about right. I live here in Utah and have had a lot of interactions with curent and ex-LDS. The LDS church is actively trying to "morph" into more of a mainline Christian denomination - while preserving some of it's fundamentalist beliefs and changing or hiding other "inconvenient" traditional beliefs. It all goes back to the problem of how you maintain a "fundamentalist" faith 70% of which is based on lies or bogus history.