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To: colorcountry

That sounds creepy to me but I’m not expert on the Mormon religion. Maybe someone can explain.


8 posted on 02/21/2012 3:18:21 PM PST by kcvl
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It is not possible to go to the highest level of celestial being unless you are mormon, so they dead baptism people to give them a second chance after death. They have even performed this “ceremony” for their jesus and his wives.


17 posted on 02/21/2012 3:26:32 PM PST by svcw (Only difference between Romney & BH is one thinks he will be god & other one thinks he already is.)
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Baptism for the dead is usually performed by Mormon youths between the ages of twelve and eighteen. Dressed in white clothes, the youth enters the baptismal font and stands upright. Using his (her) left hand, he (she) grasps his (her) own right wrist, and uses the fingers of the right hand to hold the nose shut while being immersed. The person performing the baptism stands at the left side of the youth and grasps the youth’s right hand with his left hand. He then raises his right arm to an angle of ninety degrees ands repeats the baptismal prayer. Following the prayer, he places his right hand on the youth’s back and supports him (her) during immersion, raising the youth quickly out of the water to an upright position again, when the ceremony is repeated several more times on behalf of other deceased persons.

Brother _______, having been commissioned of Jesus Christ, I baptize you, for and in behalf of _______, who is dead, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

CONFIRMATION OF THE DEAD

Following baptism, the deceased must be confirmed a member of the Mormon Church. This ceremony does not have to be performed by the same proxy by the baptism, and usually isn’t. The proxy sits in a chair, and two Mormon Elders place their hands on the proxy’s head, and repeat the following, for each deceased person.

Brother _______, in the name of Jesus Christ, we lay our hands upon your head, for and in behalf of _______, who is dead, and confirm you a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and say unto you, Receive the Holy Ghost. Amen.

RECONFIRMATION

This ceremony restores temple blessings lost through excommunication or by one’s name having been removed from the records of the Church.

Brother _______, in the name of Jesus Christ, we lay our hands upon your head [for and in behalf of _______, who is dead], and confirm you a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and say unto you, Receive the Holy Ghost, and confirm upon you all your former Church and Temple blessings. Amen.

ORDINATION OF THE DEAD

This ceremony gives the Priesthood to the deceased.

Brother _______, having authority, we lay our hands upon your head, and confer upon you the Melchizedek Priesthood and ordain you an Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for and in behalf of _______, who is dead, and seal upon you every grace, gift and authority appertaining to this office in the Holy Melchizedek Priesthood, for and in his behalf, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.


26 posted on 02/21/2012 3:36:54 PM PST by colorcountry (In order to practice tolerance, I must first disagree. But when I do, I'm accused of being intoleran)
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To: kcvl
Maybe someone can explain.

A MORMON can't even 'explain'!

What they do in their Temples is found NOWHERE in ANY of their so called 'scripture'.

50 posted on 02/21/2012 8:03:29 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
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To: kcvl
That sounds creepy to me but I’m not expert on the Mormon religion.

Don't have to be a Mormonoligist to know that this is creepy!

57 posted on 02/21/2012 8:35:27 PM PST by Gamecock (I am so thankful for [the] active obedience of Christ. No hope without it. JGM)
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