Newsweek article tomorrow?

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_Bazooka
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Newsweek article tomorrow?

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Upcoming Newsweek Article...

For those of you that know, and those of you just hearing about it, the Newsweek article (about people finding support as they transition away from Mormonism) is set to be published on Friday, January 31st. The reporter said her editor loved it! It will be available at http://www.newsweek.com.

She came out and spent a week here in Utah doing background research and visiting many of the support groups/meet-ups. She interviewed people in all stages of disaffection and transition from the Mormon church. This should be an interesting article!

Hannah Miet is a Brooklyn-born journalist, writer, and editor. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Times-Picayune, City Limits Magazine, The Atlantic Wire, Complex Magazine, The L Magazine, Vocativ and The Rumpus. She received her M.A. from the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. http://hannahmiet.com/
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_Mormon Think
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Can't wait. :surprised:
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_son of Ishmael
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Are people transitioning away from Mormonism at a greater rate than other religions?
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. - Galileo

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_Bach
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If an article is published in Newsweek - does it ever really get read???
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_TrashcanMan79
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Here 'tis.

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_ludwigm
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From one of the comments:

"Mormonism is the Amway of religion."
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco
- To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
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_Mormon Think
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Actually I could have waited. That was awful. It makes it seem like ex-Mormons just want to drink alcohol. I'm sure the author thought it was funny and maybe to never-mos it is funny but they didn't really discuss the root of the problem. The comments following the article were much better. :sad:

Bill
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_Tobin
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Mormon Think wrote:Actually I could have waited. That was awful. It makes it seem like ex-Mormons just want to drink alcohol. I'm sure the author thought it was funny and maybe to never-mos it is funny but they didn't really discuss the root of the problem. The comments following the article were much better. :sad:

Bill


Yes, it makes the Mormon critics look like a bunch of drunken idiots. I'm sure that is generally not true, but this is probably not the article many of you were all hoping for.
"You lack vision, but I see a place where people get on and off the freeway. On and off, off and on all day, all night.... Tire salons, automobile dealerships and wonderful, wonderful billboards reaching as far as the eye can see. My God, it'll be beautiful." -- Judge Doom
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_sunstoned
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One of the few highlights of the article was this statement:

the "gateway drug" out of Mormonism is Google
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_Willy Law
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Mormon Think wrote:Actually I could have waited. That was awful. It makes it seem like ex-Mormons just want to drink alcohol. I'm sure the author thought it was funny and maybe to never-mos it is funny but they didn't really discuss the root of the problem. The comments following the article were much better. :sad:

Bill



Agreed, the only thing redeemable was the title
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