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Jewish group wants Mormons to stop proxy baptisms
JERUSALEM POST ^ | 11-9-08 | ALLISON HOFFMAN

Posted on 11/10/2008 4:10:01 PM PST by SJackson

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1 posted on 11/10/2008 4:10:01 PM PST by SJackson
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Not an earthshaking issue, but one that generates some low level friction in some quarters.

2 posted on 11/10/2008 4:11:05 PM PST by SJackson (http://www.jewish-history.com/emporium/)
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I’m kinda at a loss of words. Weird.


3 posted on 11/10/2008 4:12:41 PM PST by BGHater (The GOP, the new DNC.)
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To: SJackson

I’d be offended too if they did this to one of my relatives. I don’t believe in the teachings of that church and neither did they.


4 posted on 11/10/2008 4:12:50 PM PST by DemonDeac
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To: SJackson

If you are a real Jew, then you believe that the Mormon religion is false. So what’s the problem?

I’m a Catholic. If Mormons want to “baptize” members of my defunct family, so what? I don’t believe it will have any effect.

I’m not saying that to be critical of Mormons. They have a right to their religion, Jews have a right to theirs, and I have a right to mine, as long as nobody gets hurt.


5 posted on 11/10/2008 4:13:42 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: SJackson
Dead celebrities from Albert Einstein to Pope John Paul II have been posthumously baptized by Mormon proxies

And I doubt either Einstein or JPII would've cared a whit.

6 posted on 11/10/2008 4:14:53 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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The baptism of the dead. I can definitely say, this is controversy that we can afford to ignore.
7 posted on 11/10/2008 4:16:17 PM PST by americanophile
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To: Cicero

Exactly. They can baptise whatever/whoever they want in my opinion...does no harm and has meaning only to them.


9 posted on 11/10/2008 4:17:57 PM PST by americanophile
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To: SJackson

Talk about the height of presumptuousness. Not that it would have any effect whatsoever on dead people but still very ballsy and strange.

What would make even more sense is to clone dead non-Mormons using DNA from their remains and raise them proper-Mormon-like. Hey, if they can’t get it right the first time...


10 posted on 11/10/2008 4:18:55 PM PST by Boucheau
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To: Morgana

It’s kind of like a pergatory thing...Mormons baptise the dead so that their souls can go on to heaven...


11 posted on 11/10/2008 4:18:58 PM PST by americanophile
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To: Morgana

Sorry, “Purgatory.” I always seem to catch my spelling errors after I’ve posted.


12 posted on 11/10/2008 4:20:56 PM PST by americanophile
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To: americanophile

Don’t forget the name tag.


13 posted on 11/10/2008 4:21:13 PM PST by BGHater (The GOP, the new DNC.)
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To: DemonDeac
I’d be offended too if they did this to one of my relatives. I don’t believe in the teachings of that church and neither did they.

I'm baptizing you in my head right now.
15 posted on 11/10/2008 4:24:37 PM PST by beezdotcom
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To: DemonDeac

The murdered jewish people were killed because they were jewish.

It is horrible that they would have their religion taken away after their deaths.


16 posted on 11/10/2008 4:25:42 PM PST by Carley (Vote McCain/Palin.....Change babies can live with.)
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To: SJackson

I would like them to stop too. But at the end of the day, the dead don’t care.


17 posted on 11/10/2008 4:25:54 PM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Morgana

...stepping on their graves anyway.


18 posted on 11/10/2008 4:27:09 PM PST by americanophile
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To: SJackson

I am of the opinion that as long as they are injring no one let stupid people do whatever keeps them amused. It keeps them busy from doing something even stupider.

Post-mortem babtisms are laughably ridiculous and should have been ignored


19 posted on 11/10/2008 4:27:52 PM PST by Mr. K (Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
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To: SJackson

I just don’t get it.

The basic Bible teaching is of free will. You either chose Jesus God or not. While you are alive.

Why would someone praying or baptizing me after I die affect my free will choice to choose Christ or reject Him? How would that change my eternal resting place from heaven to hell or vice versa?

The miracle of Christianity is free will. God will never force a person to love Him or not. Or choose him or not.

The Mormon beliefs are so whack when analyzed that you just have to cringe.

Joseph Smith had a vision before he died to put Pentagrams on every Mormon Temple. To this day they are there. Very weird dude.


20 posted on 11/10/2008 4:28:44 PM PST by IreneE (Live for nothing or die for something.)
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