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To: Finny
 
 
 
In the practice of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or "Mormons"), a living person, acting as proxy, is baptized by immersion on behalf of a deceased person of the same sex. After giving a short prayer that includes the name of the deceased individual, the proxy is immersed briefly in the water, then brought up again. Baptism for the dead is a distinctive ordinance of the church and is based on the belief that baptism is a required ordinance for entry into the Kingdom of God.                                               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptism_for_the_dead
 
 
Anyone know the actual wording of this 'prayer'?
 
 

107 posted on 05/11/2014 3:46:37 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie
 
 
Still others were baptized, but without proper authority.                    https://www.lds.org/topics/baptisms-for-the-dead?lang=eng
 
Well; isn't THAT special!!
 
 

108 posted on 05/11/2014 3:48:28 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

That’s just creepy. Wow! Recruiting and claiming converts after they’re dead.


110 posted on 05/11/2014 5:11:13 PM PDT by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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