Maybe A Ouija Board Would Help?

Filed in National by on May 8, 2009

Mormon’s explain why baptizing the dead is okay.

The practice is rooted in the belief that certain sacred sacraments, such as baptism, are required to enter the kingdom of heaven and that a just God will give everyone who ever lived a fair opportunity to receive them, whether in this life or the next. Church members who perform temple baptisms for their deceased relatives are motivated by love and sincere concern for the welfare of all of God’s children. According to Church doctrine, a departed soul in the afterlife is completely free to accept or reject such a baptism — the offering is freely given and must be freely received. The Church has never claimed the power to force deceased persons to become Church members or Mormons, and it does not list them as such on its records. The notion of coerced conversion is utterly contrary to Church doctrine.

My favorite line:  The Church has never claimed the power to force deceased persons to become Church members or Mormons, and it does not list them as such on its records. 

Force deceased persons to….

You know, it really doesn’t matter what comes after those words.  Game over.

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  1. anon says:

    So does this mean we can convert all the dead Mormons to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

  2. anon says:

    … actually, baptizing an infant probably makes just as much sense as baptizing a dead person.

    Rereading the statement, this religious custom is no more or less absurd than any other religious custom, and a lot more harmless.

  3. pandora says:

    True, anon, but at least in an infant baptism there’s a family connection.

  4. Susan Regis Collins says:

    Creepy???? I say Cultish and Weird……….

  5. David says:

    The apostle Paul wrote about baptism for the dead. It is neither weird nor cultish. It is in the mainstream of historic Christian Tradition in the area of Corinth. The practice like infant baptism is for relatives of the saints or members who did not have the opportunity to be baptized in historic terms.

  6. Dorian Gray says:

    All religions are both weird and cultish… by definition. You, David, by definition, are delusional. (And I can be certain you do not want to engage my in a historical or textual critque on the New Testament.)

    If the angel moroni can lead me to more translatable golden plates from god buried in upstate NY maybe I can sort this all out.

  7. M.Opaliski says:

    I saw a Ouija Board on the 3rd floor of Woodburn the other day, on the book shelf near the steps …

  8. skippertee says:

    Nothing beats Scientology as far as being wierd.

  9. NoName says:

    what does it mean to be “weird”? Just curious.