Posthumous Mormon Baptisms

[Mitchum]

This is some seriously weird schiznit. Jan Karski... Simon Weisthenthal's parents posthumously Baptized in the Mormon Church ?????


http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...s-to-holocaust

[regularguy]

I've heard that Mitt did a posthumous baptism of his staunchly atheist father-in-law. Crazy stuff!

[Baltimatt]

Somebody set up a website to "make" dead Mormons gay for the hereafter.

Sadly, many Mormons throughout history have died without having known the joys of homosexuality. With your help, these poor souls can be saved.

Simply enter the name of your favorite dead Mormon* in the form below and click Convert! Presto, they're gay for eternity. There is no undo.

Don't know any dead Mormons? Click the "Choose-a-Mormon" button and we'll find one for you. You're welcome!

[MooGoo]

Hey, look: libs pushing the gay aganda AND bashing a major religion. Somebody must be nervous about the Republican slate of possible candidates.

[gps29070]

Somebody set up a website to "make" dead Mormons gay for the hereafter.

HAHAHAHAHAHAA!, I love it.

[bullmikey]

And this concerns anybody who is not a Mormon because?

[Baltimatt]

Some folks don't like their dead relatives being baptized Mormon without their consent.

[bullmikey]

Hey, look: libs pushing the gay aganda AND bashing a major religion. Somebody must be nervous about the Republican slate of possible candidates.

What they are nervous about is the rising price of gas and unemployment, so it's much safer to deflect from those realities by making fun of other folk's religion.

[bullmikey]

Some folks don't like their dead relatives being baptized Mormon without their consent.

But if they are not Mormons such a baptism (posthumously) would most probably be meaningless to them, wouldn't it? I mean it's not as though they actually went out and dug somebody up. So what's not to like or not to consent to? That the Mormons have incorporated their dead relatives into their delusion? That’s kind of like me getting all worked up because a Catholic friend had a Mass dedicated to the memory of my old man. I'm not a believer in that sort of thing, and you would have been hard pressed to catch the old man anywhere near the insid eof a church during his lifetime, but it hurts no one for them to mention his name during Mass and I can appreciate the thought of it, if not the value of its results, which mean nothing to me. And I imagine whereever the old man is right now, he would appreciate the kind mention; even the dead like to be remembered once in a while; it's their only claim to immortality; as long as somebody remembers us once we're gone, a little bit of what we were stays in the world.

Whatever it is these Mormons do in regards to the dead, it harms no one, and maybe helps them – the Mormons, that is - make it through another day, so why should I begrudge them that? But then that's just me. I tend not to get all bent out of shape about things I can't do very much about anyway.

[MooGoo]

What they are nervous about is the rising price of gas and unemployment, so it's much safer to deflect from those realities by making fun of other folk's religion.

I guess. For pot smoking, free-love, hippie wannabees, liberals sure do make fun of other people a lot, don't they ? I can't wait to see what they do to this Santorum guy tonight after the debates for having the audacity to suggest that the devil actually exists.

[Baltimatt]

Bullmikey--

Well, for some reason, a lot of people got upset when Holocaust victims were baptized as Mormons long after they had died. And I can understand that: people who died for their religion get "claimed" by another religion.

[regularguy]

But if they are not Mormons such a baptism (posthumously) would most probably be meaningless to them, wouldn't it? I mean it's not as though they actually went out and dug somebody up. So what's not to like or not to consent to? That the Mormons have incorporated their dead relatives into their delusion? That’s kind of like me getting all worked up because a Catholic friend had a Mass dedicated to the memory of my old man. I'm not a believer in that sort of thing, and you would have been hard pressed to catch the old man anywhere near the insid eof a church during his lifetime, but it hurts no one for them to mention his name during Mass and I can appreciate the thought of it, if not the value of its results, which mean nothing to me. And I imagine whereever the old man is right now, he would appreciate the kind mention; even the dead like to be remembered once in a while; it's their only claim to immortality; as long as somebody remembers us once we're gone, a little bit of what we were stays in the world.

Whatever it is these Mormons do in regards to the dead, it harms no one, and maybe helps them – the Mormons, that is - make it through another day, so why should I begrudge them that? But then that's just me. I tend not to get all bent out of shape about things I can't do very much about anyway.

So just to be clear... if you were informed that some Muslim sect had posthumously brought your deceased father into the community of Islam, and listed him in their records as a Muslim... this would serve as a source of bemusement for you, rather than annoyance?

[LarryN]

So just to be clear... if you were informed that some Muslim sect had posthumously brought your deceased father into the community of Islam, and listed him in their records as a Muslim... this would serve as a source of bemusement for you, rather than annoyance?

It would bring bemusement for me and probably anyone that knew my deceased father. Anyone who matters knows that he wasn't a Muslim or a Mormon. We know it's silly nonsense, and that's what matters. He was a Catholic, everyone who knew him knew he was a Catholic, and he will always be remembered as a Catholic. Just because one day someone says he's a Muslim or a Mormon doesn't make it so.

[regularguy]

It would bring bemusement for me and probably anyone that knew my deceased father. Anyone who matters knows that he wasn't a Muslim or a Mormon. We know it's silly nonsense, and that's what matters.

If it were my deceased father, I'd know it was nonsense and I'd be irked.

[Mitchum]

They posthumously Baptized Anne Frank and Adolph Hitler.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/morm...icle-1.1027101

[carlito]

This practice makes about as much sense as current Republican party dogma.

[ms maggie]

They posthumously Baptized Anne Frank and Adolph Hitler.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/morm...icle-1.1027101

Well you can't say they don't practice diversity.

There is sometime very peculiar about this. So is the idea that Anne Frank was in purgatory (or the Mormon version thereof), then this baptism thingy, and then, what, does God get an email or something? "Your account has been updated..."

[Marshan Man]

Creepy...when I first heard about this I was like WT...??

[LarryN]

Maybe there is something to it:

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clip...andon-all-hope

[bullmikey]

Bullmikey--

Well, for some reason, a lot of people got upset when Holocaust victims were baptized as Mormons long after they had died. And I can understand that: people who died for their religion get "claimed" by another religion.

Yeah, but what's the point of getting upset about so much nothing? I mean if the Mormons want to think that, well... I mean I guess they're going think that no matter what. I mean die-hard Catholics probably think I'm going to hell since I'm what they call a lapsed soul. You’d think they’d gotten hold of the invitation list for the Devil’s wedding or something. It doesn’t bother me though because I figure it’s between me and God where I’m spending the afterlife, not anybody else. And I’m certainly not going to lose any sleep over what other people believe or do not believe. I don’t see why Jews would want to be upset over something as silly as what they Mormons do.

Maybe it's me but I just don't see where it means anything.


Historical footnote: Jews killed in the holocaust didn’t die for their religion but because of their blood. The Nazis murdered “converted” Jews too, as well and people who were only partly Jewish (as I am partly Italian and partly Irish and completely American). Hitler’s anti-Semitism was not based on religion but on some convoluted notion of race and blood. They rounded up and murdered people of Jewish ancestry who had been Christians for generations.