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26. So do you believe that Mormon postmortem baptism is efficatious?

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #21)

Wed Feb 29, 2012, 05:42 PM

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Mormons baptized slain reporter Daniel Pearl [View all] Are_grits_groceries Feb 2012 OP

Apparently, to some "enlightened" people, we shouldn't be offended by this practice. Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #1

The Mormons are trying Are_grits_groceries Feb 2012 #3

As I said, I have been told I shouldn't be offended. I have no right to be offended. Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #4

It your right to get your bowels in an uproar. TexasProgresive Feb 2012 #6

Why shouldn't it matter to them? Are_grits_groceries Feb 2012 #8

Sorry, but you don't get to decide what should or shouldn't matter to others. 11 Bravo Feb 2012 #10

Where did I write that? TexasProgresive Feb 2012 #12

Where did you write that? Ummm ... that would be where you typed ... 11 Bravo Feb 2012 #19

That's my opinion not a command telling anyone what to do. TexasProgresive Feb 2012 #23

It does matter. Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #24

I'm tired of the phrase "manufactured outrage." It means that some people's feelings matter more yardwork Feb 2012 #37

Someone else who seldom posts has it spelled correctly. So I'm stuck with it. TexasProgresive Mar 2012 #42

That's what I figured. yardwork Mar 2012 #43

Do you think it actual *does* anything? Matariki Feb 2012 #27

It's irrelevant. It is arrogant and disrespectful, as you also said. Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #30

"Arrogant and disrespectful" carry meanings. yardwork Feb 2012 #38

Do you know they also Baptized the Earth? Ichingcarpenter Feb 2012 #2

Just to be clear, Joseph Fielding Smith is not the founder of Mormonism. white_wolf Feb 2012 #40

Religion is some goofy shit Scootaloo Feb 2012 #5

That is your opinion. Are_grits_groceries Feb 2012 #7

"there are a lot of people who would gladly do you harm" snooper2 Feb 2012 #13

I guess you missed the deth threats Are_grits_groceries Feb 2012 #15

Did somebody go out and pick the girl up a shotgun? snooper2 Feb 2012 #18

What's with the racist photo? geardaddy Feb 2012 #35

Here's your mistake. Scootaloo Feb 2012 #22

Cool, another newbie vying for the title of "Hippest, most Righteous, Lefty Dude on the Internet!" 11 Bravo Feb 2012 #25

Not only is this unethical by "baptizing" without consent of the subjects, no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #9

How is it unethical? metalbot Feb 2012 #16

Baptizing dead people is like shooting fish in a barrel. No challenge and no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #21

So do you believe that Mormon postmortem baptism is efficatious? TexasProgresive Feb 2012 #26

The baptism itself doesn't affect the dead. no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #29

^This geardaddy Feb 2012 #39

Only if they let it-It has no power except what others give it. n/t TexasProgresive Feb 2012 #41

I hope they know about Stephen Colbert's reciprocal proxy circumcision of dead Mormons. tanyev Feb 2012 #11

Wait, so if I posthumously baptize my dead dog as a cat, will that have the same effect? truebrit71 Feb 2012 #14

Well said. +1 nt. hifiguy Feb 2012 #20

So why don't the Mormons, every single day, baptize *everyone* who died that day? Nye Bevan Feb 2012 #17

It's a bit more nefarious than that HeiressofBickworth Feb 2012 #32

" it's the disrespect that offends." Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #33

Is it me, or do they really seem to concentrate on converting Jewish people... joeybee12 Feb 2012 #28

I am not sure. I know they do it to others, as well. Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #31

Could we just hearing about them more... joeybee12 Feb 2012 #34

Apparently, they recently baptized Anne Frank geardaddy Feb 2012 #36