“Slick and Far from Truth”

“And should they die before their journey’s through . . .  Meh.  Life is tough.  Get over it.”

Or something of that sort, I suppose.

Slate magazine recently published an exposé — “a stunning investigatory story” — alleging that Latter-day Saint “missionary culture counsels strongly against seeking medical help” and that (apparently callous) Church “authority figures block access to care” for the young missionaries that, it seems, they heartlessly exploit.

Nathaniel Givens is unimpressed:

http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2015/10/slick-and-far-from-truth