Confusing ritual...so what does the surrogate get out of this practice? He’s supposedly has preached to the departed the Mormon Gospel? But that is impossible...they have gone to be with the Lord or are suffering elsewhere...there is a gap between our world and theirs’ which neither side can cross.
Confusing isn’t it.
Joey Smith didnt think that far ahead...
But as a conman he didnt have to...
Once he claimed he knew when Jesus was going to return...
he conveniently place the date after he himself would be dead...
If you were 30, and living in 1835, would you expect to be alive at 90 ???
So when Joey Smith “prophecied” that Jesus was going to return in 56 years, and the world would be destroyed, he did not expect to be still around to receive the anger and disappointment of his listeners..
Joseph Smith said on February 14, 1835, “. . . go forth to prune the vineyard for the last time, for the coming of the lord, which was nigh even fifty-six years should wind up the scene” (History of the Church, Vol. 2, p. 182).
“On the 14th of Feb. 1835, Joseph Smith uaid [said] that God had revealed to him that the coming of Christ would be within 56 years, which added to 1835 shows that before 1891 and the 14th of Feb. the Savior of the world would make his appearance again upon the earth and the winding up scene take place” (Journal of Oliver Boardman Huntington, Vol. 2, pp. 128,129).
Of course we now know that Joey Smith was lying and Jesus did not return in 1891 but the gullible disciples of Joey Smith thought every word he said came from the mormon god, and they believed him..
Built into the mormon tenets by very shrewed men are commandments not to question anything...
dont even think “the dear mormon leaders will do your thinking for you...”
and this is the crowd that boasts they will “save the Constitution” some time in the future..
So when the mormons are told that if they spend all day being dead dunked for long dead people real or imagined (many on the brownie point lists are MADE UP NAMES) they get warm fuzzies, but dont question why they do it...but pay 10% of their gross income for the privilege of being wet and stupid looking..
They are told that a mormon missionary will go and “preach” the mormon “gospel” to that dead person in whereever, and they will say Yes or No, but there is no explanation just HOW that quite live and healthy mormon kid is going to get down into Hell or up into the Christian Heaven to accomplish that and then “return and report”
So the dead dunkee gets wet doing this “temple work” and no answers and the bankers in the penthouse in Temple Square dont get questioned..