Jewish group wants halt to proxy baptismal rites (Mormon church)

[skooooo]

The Mormon church .. the gift that keeps "giving." :sarcasm:

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Jewish group wants halt to proxy baptismal rites

By Jennifer Dobner
The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 11/10/2008 07:38:49 AM MST

Posted: 7:35 AM- A coalition of Jews is expected to gather in New York City Monday to denounce the Mormon church for its practice of posthumously baptizing victims of World War II concentration camps.
In a prepared statement Ernest Michel, the honorary chairman of the American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors, says 14 years of negotiations with leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints over the issue have failed.
Michel and others are scheduled to hold a news conference Monday at the Center for Jewish History in New York City.
Posthumous baptism is a sacred rite practiced in Mormon temples to offer church membership to the deceased. Mormons are encouraged to conduct family genealogy research and forward the names of ancestors for baptism by proxy.

http://www.sltrib.com/faith/ci_10946362

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Thanks, but no thanks. I already took my bath this morning.

[ourbluenation]

2. good for them. n/t

[Gman]

3. They're still doing this crap?

I remember reading a couple of years ago or so that they agreed to stop.

[amdezurik]

11. as we have seen, honesty is not a Morman prioity...

[wuushew]

4. delete

n/t

[skooooo]

9. I don't see any reference ..

..to lawsuits or court. You're reading that into it.

[wuushew]

12. Thats why i deleted my post

It always helps to read the article before posting! :hi:

[skooooo]

13. I've done that before..

np

:hi:

[HeraldSquare212]

5. I've often thought of starting my own satan-worshipping religion and baptising all Mormons into it.

[yardwork]

6. The Mormons may regret shining a light on themselves by taking such a hateful role.

[franmarz]

7. posthumously ????-it does not mean anything except to the living

If it wasent done in life, why bother the creator with the details now?

[skooooo]

8. Descendants of people who died in the Holocaust...

...shouldn't have to put up with this crap.

[QC]

10. One of my cousins got suckered into that cult in the 70s,

And she was baptized, she says, in the names of as many of her ancestors they could track down as well as a bunch of people she had no connection to.