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Originally posted by sugar and spice
I think this is largely an issue of semantics -- what the word "baptism" means to different people. It's a different thing in the Mormon religion than it is in many other divisions of Christianity, and to treat it like it's the same is what's causing the problem here. If proxy baptism was referred to by another word than "baptism," I doubt people would even blink twice at the act.
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I really don't think the problem can be made that simple. As I said earlier, I think that from a Jewish perspective, it would be seen as an afront to the deceased's memory, regardless of what it was called.