remphish1 Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Weird story....How can they do this? http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/11/baptizing...s.ap/index.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spawn's dad Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 I'm excited to see where this thread goes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 The ultimate in revisionist history. I knew that the Mormons did this, but I didn't know about their attempts to baptize Holocaust victims. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Good Old Neon Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Because when you believe that the founder of your religion found some magic plates (objects that would, quite conveniently for Joseph Smith, prove fatal if someone other than Joe the Nutcase were to gaze upon them) while out on a hike, well, you can pretty much do anything. Should Scientology survive another hundred years or more, I Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Although I am thoroughly agnostic in this mortal life, I welcome any and all posthumous rituals that may improve my standing with the Big Guy Person Being(s), should I turn out to be wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Ending the practice outright was not part of the agreement and would essentially be asking Mormons to alter their beliefs, church Elder Lance B. Wickman said Monday in an interview with reporters in Salt Lake City. How does that not sound stupid to him? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Sadly this is not news...it has been going on for years. Many years ago there was an excellent article in the New Yorker (maybe 10) about the Mormon's work on geneology and included information on this effort as well. All of our ancestors may be Mormons at this point and we don't know it. Their reason to collect geneologies is to baptize deal people, including Jews, etc. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dude Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 At least they aren't exhuming the bones and performing weird rituals on them, which is kind of what I expected when I saw the title to this thread. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 I think we saw that license plate on Tuesday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spawn's dad Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 of course, since there's no god and no nothing the body is just worm food...rendering this kind of meaningless Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dude Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 I think we saw that license plate on Tuesday. Can't remember what street it was on... Adams? There were two African American dudes in it honking their horn and celebrating. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KevinG Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 of course, since there's no god and no nothing the body is just worm food...rendering this kind of meaningless But aren't you glad there are people who can baptize you, after you are dead, so you won't burn in hell? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dude Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 But aren't you glad there are people who can baptize you, after you are dead, so you won't burn in hell? What about the people already burning? Do they suddenly start floating up to heaven? And if Hell isn't down in the ground and Heaven isn't up in the clouds, where are these things located, anyway? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Dude Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Very literal aren't, we?Not as literal as these guys: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Moe_Syzlak Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Although I am thoroughly agnostic in this mortal life, I welcome any and all posthumous rituals that may improve my standing with the Big Guy Person Being(s), should I turn out to be wrong. If Heaven is full of Mormons, what does that make hell? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dude Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 If Heaven is full of Mormons, what does that make hell?Is this what everyone in Heaven looks like? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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ih8music Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Sadly this is not news...it has been going on for years. Many years ago there was an excellent article in the New Yorker (maybe 10) about the Mormon's work on geneology and included information on this effort as well. All of our ancestors may be Mormons at this point and we don't know it. Their reason to collect geneologies is to baptize deal people, including Jews, etc. LouieB I got my mom into geneaology a while back and we were both thrilled at first when we discovered how the LDS church maintained such great geneaology records for non-Mormons. Nice people, helped us out greatly. But we soon learned why they kept these records - pretty creepy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 No, IT looks like THIS. FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!! Crazy fucking horses!!!!! Ween built their whole career around that clip! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Imagine ... you're hanging around in the afterlife, drinking ambrosia, playing music and reveling, happy as a clam ... when all of a sudden you find yourself dressed in a white shirt and tie, toting a backpack and knocking on doors all over heaven. I know I'd be pissed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 If Heaven is full of Mormons, what does that make hell?The place to be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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