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Just a quick couple of questions.

What do you think of the L.D.S. baptizing (Dead dunking) Jewish holocaust victims? What do you think of the fact that L.D.S. says that members of the Jewish faith are “gentiles”?

Admittedly, if I were Jewish, it wouldn’t bother me much, I’d just think they were insane. Wait a minute, that’s what I already think.

Just a quick couple of questions.

What do you think of the L.D.S. baptizing (Dead dunking) Jewish holocaust victims? What do you think of the fact that L.D.S. says that members of the Jewish faith are “gentiles”?

Admittedly, if I were Jewish, it wouldn’t bother me much, I’d just think they were insane. Wait a minute, that’s what I already think.

I find the LDS practice "cute" in that, while I do not believe such ritual necessary for souls to garner favor in the hereafter, Mormons do put a lot of effort into doing what they believe in their hearts is the right thing and beneficial for the passed on. I feel the same way about evangelical Christians--fellow human beings, trying their best to help others via voluntary conversion. So long as they respect my right to continue to follow my own beliefs, I have great respect for them following theirs. And why not? I find great inspiration in reading the redletter words of Jesus in the New Testament.

I might also find such efforts annoying, but so what? That's *my* emotional reaction, when it happens. Blaming someone else for my emotional reactions, seems equivalent to granting others a power over me that they do not in reality possess: emotional executive management. Teenagers and toddlers do that--blame others for "making" them feel a certain way... emotional immaturity.

As far as Mormons calling me "gentile"--well... you can call me anything you want, just don't call me late for dinner :D