From the article, quoting a Jewish genealogist: The continuing problem with Jewish records appearing in the LDS collection has convinced Mokotoff that LDS officials had no intention of honoring their 1995 accord. "They could do things today and they are not doing it," he says. "The church knows who the culprits are. They say it's because of overzealous Mormons, but there has been no reprimand of overzealous Mormons."
[This is kind of like how the Lds leaders in 1890 said they were "retiring" plural unions, but then continued to solemnize a few hundred more for the next 20 years -- secretly -- but with general authority approval (& often in Mexico). "Overzealous" Mormons who believed in "the principle" as it was called, added wives and weren't reprimanded until a few apostles were about 16-17 years AFTER the polygamy manifesto. It took the Senate Reed Smoot hearings & other evidence coming back to Washington D.C. that Lds were secretly continuing polygamy for a final u-turn to begin about 100 years ago.]
From the article: On Oct. 26 this year, Radkey received a letter from the library, threatening to ban her permanently from the premises if she continued to use other people's terminals.
From the article: "On this, I am squarely in the church's camp," Remington says. "As for 'policing' the names submitted for proxy baptism, my understanding is that it is impractical to do so. ... It is unreasonable, in my opinion, to expect submissions for proxy baptism to be 'policed' for strict conformance to LDS rules for such submissions."
How funny. This ex-Prez of Utah Genealogical Society believes Radkey should follow library resource rules, but doesn't think the Mormon church should enforce proxy baptism submission rules.
I'm not catholic, I was born in a catholic hospital and was baptized by a priest immediately after being born, everybody born in that hospital was. What difference does it make. I have no desire to be baptized Catholic but it didn't hurt anything. I didn't die getting baptized, they just sprinkled a little water on me, said a few words and I went on with life. In their eyes they were doing me a big favor. In my eyes it is meaningless.
For people who are not Mormon what difference does it make if someone else gets baptized in their name decades after their death? If you don't believe the religion what difference does it make. If you are a Mormon and believe it is a good thing then it is a selfless sacrifice of time and effort just like the Catholic baptism at birth. More power to them. It isn't like they go to the grave site and put some marker up or something, they do it in their Temples where you can't even go unless you are a member of their church.
Please explain what is the harm here and why this is an issue?
What a great todo about nothing.
Several of my Christian family members were dead dunked ...
and sealings right up to me were involved...
How ghoulish and evil...
A violation of our 1st Amendment right to freedom of religion...
At one time i could find out if they were
Now they dont allowed non-mormons to have access to the info about their own families...
They keep their unGodly practices secret...
But there is one thing that came out of all the dead dunking to pad the membership rolls...
We got ourself tour forst mpormon president...
Barry is a mormon...
his Momma was dead dunked June 2008 and sealed to him...
So they have a forever mormon family..
Since we already have a mormon president...
Romney doesnt have to run now...
double dunk placemark