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Baptism of the dead?
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08/28/10 01:30 PM
08/28/10 01:30 PM
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I had never heard of this, where do they get this from..?
"Holocaust survivors said Monday they are through trying to negotiate with the Mormon church over posthumous baptisms of Jews killed in Nazi concentration camps, saying the church has repeatedly violated a 13-year-old agreement barring the practice.
Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints say they are making changes to their massive genealogical database that will make it more difficult for names of Holocaust victims to be entered for posthumous baptism by proxy, a rite that has been a common Mormon practice for more than a century....
In 1995, Mormons and Jews inked an agreement to limit the circumstances that allow for the proxy baptisms of Holocaust victims...
Baptism by proxy allows faithful Mormons to have their ancestors baptized into the 178-year-old church, which they believe reunites families in the afterlife.
Using genealogy records, the church also baptizes people who have died from all over the world and from different religions. Mormons stand in as proxies for the person being baptized and immerse themselves in a baptismal pool.
Only the Jews have an agreement with the church limiting who can be baptized, though the agreement covers only Holocaust victims, not all Jewish people. Jews are particularly offended by baptisms of Holocaust victims because they were murdered specifically because of their religion....?
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Re: Baptism of the dead?
[Re: Rick H]
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08/28/10 04:58 PM
08/28/10 04:58 PM
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Although they are theologically wrong, I think Mormons are demonstrating love and compassion (assuming their motives are pure and holy).
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Re: Baptism of the dead?
[Re: Mountain Man]
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08/28/10 06:37 PM
08/28/10 06:37 PM
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http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians+15:28-30&version=KJV
Galatians 2
21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
It is so hazardous to take here a little and there a little. If you put the right little's together you can make the bible teach anything you wish. //Graham Maxwell
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