The truth and true rites of worship are the same world wide. My wife and I served in Nigeria for two years and were delighted with the acceptance of the Church by the very spiritual Nigerian people. It was not the lack of "drumming and dancing" that may have limited growth in sheer numbers, but rather it was the wise policy of the Church to insist that strength of the Church lies in its Stakes and hence missionary activity was concentrated in areas near meeting centers before going off into "the bush" where opportunity to attend services from a distance was limited by lack of transportation and sheer poverty. The South African experience of scatterd memberships confirmed this policy. Non-members who like to accomodate diverse cultures without regard to the Lord's way cannot seem to understand the necessity of standards.

As an agnostic I am grateful that the Church has not submitted to the demand for blood sacrifice.

Other faiths should get more than perfunctory respect.

For example, I know Catholics who have had Angels confirm their faith, Buddhists who have met Buddhist Gods after days of prayer in the forest, Hindus who have met living Gods performing miracles, and, of course, many many Mormons who have experienced miracles.

My impression is that God understands the scripture saying "To the Jews I am a Jew..."

That is, God helps move people closer to him -- even if it is not through his preferred faith.