Elie Wiesel: Romney Should Tell Mormon Church To Stop Performing Posthumous Proxy Baptisms On Jews

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Elie Wiesel: Mitt Romney Should Tell Mormon Church To Stop Performing Posthumous Proxy Baptisms On Jews

The Nobel Peace Prize winner spoke to The Huffington Post Tuesday soon after HuffPost reported that according to a formerly-Mormon researcher, Helen Radkey, some members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had submitted Wiesel’s name to a restricted genealogy website as “ready” for posthumous proxy baptism….

The incident follows years of controversy and efforts by Jewish leaders, including Wiesel, to get the Mormon Church to stop the practice of posthumous proxy baptism that many find objectionable.

“I think it’s scandalous. Not only objectionable, it’s scandalous,” Wiesel said of the baptisms.
Negotiations between Mormon and Jewish leaders led to an agreement in 1995 for the church to stop the posthumous baptism of all Jews, except in the case of direct ancestors of Mormons, but Radkey says she found that some Mormons had failed to adhere to the agreement. Wiesel was among a group of Jewish leaders who campaigned against the practice and prompted a 2010 pact by which the Mormon Church promised to at least prevent proxy baptism requests for Holocaust victims. Wiesel said that proxy baptisms have been performed on behalf of 650,000 Holocaust dead.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/14/elie-wiesel-mitt-romney-mormon-church_n_1276148.html

[annabanana]

1. They should stop doing Posthumous Proxy Baptisms On ANYBODY. . . . .n/t

[Firebrand Gary]

2. Finally someone speaks up! Thanks Elie.

That will probably catch some attention.

[Journeyman]

3. Sue 'em for desecrating the dead . . .

"Joseph Smith was called a prophet
dum, dum dum, dum dum dum dumb."



Southpark, "All About Mormons"

http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s07e12-all-about-mormons

[PearliePoo2]

4. This is so disgusting.

The more I find out about Romney and his church, the more I despise and mistrust him AND the LDS.
Bleeecchhh.
Keep your cults out of my government please.

[Hugabear]

6. How about keeping ALL religion out of government

Only difference between a cult and an established religion is time.


IMHO, baptizing for the dead is far less offensive than working against birth control, abortion, women's rights, gay rights, and so many other issues that politicians tend to base on religious beliefs.

If someone wants to baptize me after I'm dead, they can knock themselves out - after all, it won't affect me one way or another.

[PearliePoo2]

7. I agree with what you said except....

don't go baptizing me...ever...even when I'm dead.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Notice the chirping of crickets instead of the strident, outraged voices of republican candidates

who don't think anyone should interfere with a religion's right to practice as it sees fit.

[HockeyMom]

8. If you have done genealogy,

you will know that this is the reason they have compiled all the genealogical records: to baptize their long dead relatives. So if you have a distant cousin who has become a LDS member, do not be surprised is you find a direct ancestor of yours on their site. That is what it means. It is old news.

[sibelian]

9. What the effing HELL?

I had no idea this church was doing things like this! Converting people to their religion after their death, how disgusting! What sort of god do they believe in that would accept them if they were converted POSTHUMOUSLY? Nonsense, just utter nonsense!

It's just grave-tampering. VILE.

[zbdent]

10. let's put it in place like they tried to do with people wishing to end their pain on terminal

illnesses ...

If any family member, and I do mean ANY, family member refuses to let the Mormons baptize a person posthumously, the Church can't do it.

[Happyhippychick]

11. Bravo EW