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Originally posted by sugar and spice
I believe they are -- it's my understanding that they posthumously "convert" everyone.
Clearly, coming from a non-religious perspective, I don't put a lot of stock in religious rituals -- so to me, this is the equivalent of, say, GeekyPenguin telling me I'm Catholic. I'm not Catholic, her telling me I'm Catholic can't make me Catholic, and she's not forcing me to act like I am Catholic, so why should I care? It's not in good taste on her part, but it doesn't affect me in the slightest unless I actually believe she's right.
I don't mean to upset anyone here who might be LDS, but the Mormon church is screwed up in so many ways that it's really impossible for me to take them seriously, and I don't see how anybody else can.
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While you see it from a non-religious perspective there are those of us that cannot divorce our faith from our religious convictions.
Many people here on GC find the concept of being told what and how to think or believe repelent - and rightly so. These pathetic tools are challenging/robbing/ignoring/disrespectring Jews (and others) of both their historical and religious beliefs... all in the name of a arrogant disregard for others and their beliefs - it passes beyond "good taste" and becomes insulting to a faith belief system...
It saddens me that these "people" have taken it upon themselves to assume that they are the final arbitor of what is the correct faith - and then force that belief upon others, in life and in death... this even surpases the decidely criminal actions of my own Church (Catholic) during the Crusades - at least the Catholic Church allowed the dead to remain true to their faith. These assholes haven't even afforded the dead that....
Now to put this in context - if they are determined to "baptize" Jews who have died... does that mean that they are "baptizing" Jews that died during the Holocaust? I'd hope that no one thinks that that is even remotelt acceptable - even a proxy baptisim insults the faith of those that died for their faith and those that died as firm believers.
Personally I'm looking into this here in Canada - if the Mormons are participating in this reprehensible act I will be more than happy to lend my voice to those advocating that the 'church' be charge for violating the tenents, if not the legality, of the freedom and respect of religious freedom here.