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The Velveteen Ocelot

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45. It doesn't hurt anything, and I wouldn't be personally offended -

Thu Dec 21, 2017, 05:05 PM

Dec 2017

just amused (they won't baptize me anyhow because I'm divorced and they don't bother with anyone, alive or dead, who isn't married and reproducing). I'm glad I don't take them seriously because I wouldn't want to be stuck on some planet with a bunch of Mormons. But I do see why Holocaust survivors and their relatives would find this practice to be disrespectful.

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Mormons perform baptisms on Holocaust victims [View all] left-of-center2012 Dec 2017 OP

They have been doing this for quite sometime. still_one Dec 2017 #1

... left-of-center2012 Dec 2017 #3

Historically, yes, but I guess they paused for a few years... hlthe2b Dec 2017 #6

Sure, but no much that can be done still_one Dec 2017 #20

It was Lawrence Odonnell or Keith Olbermann who TheDebbieDee Dec 2017 #46

LOL hlthe2b Dec 2017 #51

But did they circumcize the dead? csziggy Dec 2017 #57

It won't actually DO anything, but it's extremely disrespectful. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #2

They do it with people of ALL religiions not Mormon whathehell Dec 2017 #8

Yes, and it's disrespectful to all of them. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #10

I disagree..The people in question are dead & these Mormons do not intend any whathehell Dec 2017 #14

Applying your premise consistently... LanternWaste Dec 2017 #21

You're equating saying some words with digging up a corpse. Mariana Dec 2017 #37

I agree. Born and raised in the church and baptised for the dead... Raster Dec 2017 #52

Yep, it does nothing except shit on the memory of Holocaust victims. Iggo Dec 2017 #24

If you don't believe in their beliefs, then how would it hurt you? It's not some kind of pnwmom Dec 2017 #40

It doesn't hurt anything, and I wouldn't be personally offended - The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #45

So years ago... MontanaMama Dec 2017 #4

Perhaps some of those long dead relatives should come back to haunt the Mormon "adopters" hlthe2b Dec 2017 #7

Sounds like a MontanaMama Dec 2017 #17

Imagine what their response would be if members of another religion avebury Dec 2017 #5

Especially if it was 2naSalit Dec 2017 #60

They need to cut this shit out, They have been doing this on and off for awhile........... Old Vet Dec 2017 #9

No one "owns" the dead..How can one stop private prayers or whathehell Dec 2017 #15

Again, your premise is inaccurate. Corpses are legally considered quasi-property. LanternWaste Dec 2017 #22

There are no corpses involved - what are you talking about? FreeState Dec 2017 #34

One can call it out as the dick move it is. Crunchy Frog Dec 2017 #44

Um, okay, if you say so.. whathehell Dec 2017 #58

What claptrap nonsense. MineralMan Dec 2017 #11

a cousin of mine baptized my grandparents who were devout Catholics nini Dec 2017 #12

It's a diverse world and society.. whathehell Dec 2017 #16

Why the eye roll? nini Dec 2017 #56

Because, all things considered, whathehell Dec 2017 #59

Not as petty as you taking the time to reply with an eyeroll nini Dec 2017 #62

Sure, honey..whatever you say.. whathehell Dec 2017 #64

I find it disagreeable, too janterry Dec 2017 #13

Actually I wouldnt mind my own planet right now... Orange Free State Dec 2017 #31

LOL nini Dec 2017 #66

Most of my family tree have been baptized Mariana Dec 2017 #35

Whats good for the goose.... sdfernando Dec 2017 #18

Ah, the shit done for invisible beings. Don't we look stupid. NightWatcher Dec 2017 #19

I just waved my magic wand and un-baptized all of them. Iggo Dec 2017 #23

Exactly. Why do people freak out over this? Mariana Dec 2017 #26

I hate it when Mormons shit on the memory of Holocaust victims. Iggo Dec 2017 #29

The Mormons think they're doing a good deed for them. Mariana Dec 2017 #32

I accept your apology. (n/t) Iggo Dec 2017 #39

Actually, Mormons don't baptize infants. LDS children don't get baptized until they are 8. (eom) StevieM Dec 2017 #47

They also don't consign "unbelievers" to Hell whathehell Dec 2017 #68

I think it's pretty offensive in general, and pretty disgusting in this particular case. The victims OnDoutside Dec 2017 #49

Exactly..Why that doesn't seem to matter whathehell Dec 2017 #63

Wow..Now who's being "disrespectful"? whathehell Dec 2017 #61

Fuck. Them. Iggo Dec 2017 #70

Aww...Feel better now? whathehell Dec 2017 #72

I think that it's just the general concept of it Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2017 #33

The Mormons believe the posthumous "conversion" is voluntary. Mariana Dec 2017 #36

So what are they actually accomplishing? Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2017 #41

Evangelizing to the dead is a good way to put it. Mariana Dec 2017 #42

It did not used to be "voluntary." This was an accomdation acquired in the last 25 years or so. Raster Dec 2017 #55

Precisely... whathehell Dec 2017 #65

"...the rituals provide the deceased a choice in the afterlife..." Mariana Dec 2017 #25

Hey, if *I* can't find my relatives from the Olde Country via genealogy, no_hypocrisy Dec 2017 #27

Actually, Mormons are remarkably talented in the field of genealogy. StevieM Dec 2017 #48

True. n/t. whathehell Dec 2017 #69

So why not get a mohel to... Orange Free State Dec 2017 #28

Proxy marriage for the dead? Now we're getting somewhere! Iggo Dec 2017 #30

Disrepectful. Behind the Aegis Dec 2017 #38

A Scientologist or Pastafarian doing it would have just as much credence or validity. TheBlackAdder Dec 2017 #43

Blind roommates trying to fistfight over which shade of pink to paint the bathroom . . . hatrack Dec 2017 #50

Point! Raster Dec 2017 #53

Seriously, who cares? sofa king Dec 2017 #54

I don't care. MosheFeingold Dec 2017 #71

What an incredible waste of time. Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #67