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religious whackos…just another example of the stupidity & ignorance of all religious people…who cares what people do or believe, as long as it doesn’t hurt someone else!!!!!!
Give it rest and enjoy life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is interesting. It sounds like the Jews are saying they believe what the Mormons are doing is valid. Are they saying Mormon doctrine has merit? That is intersting.

Mormons are *******idiots. I used to work with a bunch of them…what whack jobs! give up on your fake religion!

People completely misunderstand what’s going on with proxy baptisms. No one in the LDS church believes this makes those being baptized Mormons. Mormons believe that the ordinance of baptism is required to progress in the next life, and we do proxy baptisms to make that ordinance available to any who would accept it posthumously. We believe in an afterlife where these souls continue to learn and have choices. Such a baptism doesn’t “take” unless that soul accepts the offer. So who is *anyone* to make that decision for them? They’re perfectly free to reject or accept it themselves; it’s a gift. It in no way negates their Jewishness or martyrdom, and certainly doesn’t victimize them.

If the Pope wants to bless me, I take it in stride as a nice gesture, but I don’t believe he really has any authority to do so. If people don’t share Mormons’ beliefs, I don’t see why proxy baptism makes a hill of beans of difference to them. If we’re right, then it’s a wonderful gift. If we’re not, it’s an inconsequential waste of our time.

Unbelieavable. The mormons just keep finding better and better ways to prove to the world that they would be better suited for life in the 14th century. If you can sprinkle some holy water on ashes and change dead people’s religious beliefs, certainly you can find a way to teleport/transmogrify/beam, yourself up to the big family reunion that is just waiting for your appearance. Please, don’t be late.

The real question should not be why do Mormons follow the ancient biblical practice outlined in the New Testament in 1 Corinthians 15:29 “Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead.”

The real question should be ‘when will the Jewish people accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior?’ As a Mormon missionary in Eastern Europe, I witnessed and taught a handful of concentration camp survivors who wanted Jesus Christ in their lives. What a remarkable experience that was!

They should sue the Mormon church. The Mormons, like most Christian sects, have no respect for the religious beliefs of other cultures. Personally, I think all religions are just ignorant myths and superstitions. But the Mormons are one of the worst. The Jews should try to get a court order barring them from continuing this stupid practice and then jail anyone who doesn’t comply.

Jim, no, they baptize family ancestors but they *also* baptize Jewish concentration camp victims, regardless of their familial lineage relative to the Mormon church. So this has nothing to do with the families in that respect – and in fact the families of these victims have demanded that they *stop* doing this. It makes them victims all over again because it negates the truth that they *died* specifically because they were Jewish. They *died* for who they were – and in many cases they were killed by people *in the name of Jesus*. What on earth makes you think they would want this after death?