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You are exactly right - nobody is being converted by the proxy work done for the deceased. The baptisms are performed for deceased individuals. If the deceased wants to accept that work, they can. If not, so be it.

Additionally, the Mormon church does not have a paid clergy, and men, as well as women do the proxy work.

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"Additionally, the Mormon church does not have a paid clergy, and men, as well as women do the proxy work."

Thanks, and, BTW, it is largely baptized children and new members of the Church who serve as proxies for the vicarious baptismal and confirmation ordinances performed within our temples.

The dead on whose behalf the sacred ordinances are performed do in fact remain undisturbed in their graves after all, contrary to the claims of some....

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"Additionally, the Mormon church does not have a paid clergy, and men, as well as women do the proxy work."

Thanks, and, BTW, it is largely baptized children and new members of the Church who serve as proxies for the vicarious baptisms performed within our temples.

Contrary to the belief of some, the dead for which the vicarious ordinances are done do in fact remain undisturbed in their graves after all....