-> -> ->  C>> Your church still baptizes the dead, doesn't it?
-> -> -> 
-> -> ->  EH> We baptize *for* the dead. The person being
baptized is 100%
live
-> -> and
-> -> ->  EH> they are being baptized for a dead relative.
-> -> -> 
-> -> -> That is a lie.
-> -> 
-> -> That is in my opinion, a very stupid thing to say.
-> -> As well as being wrong.
-> 
-> 
-> In this case, it's not wrong. Yes, they use a live person to be baptized
Which makes his statement wrong.
-> --as witness the uproar
-> by Jewish organizations over the baptism of(for, if you prefer) dead
-> Holocaust victims...
Didn't hear about THAT :-) And yeah 'of and for', is an important
distinction
.  
 And the idea is to convert those who have already died
-> from the religion they practiced (or didn't practice) in life to
mormonism.
-> And that's totally tacky.
Well, its a nice option. If I was given a choice of spending a few billion
years in Sheol, or given a planet to run...
-> 
-> Mormon theology gives people the chance to accept the gospel even after
-> they die.
Neat-0! Better than being crammed into Purgatoryvill. And havta spend a
lotta time working things out. 

 Many critics see the practice as changing the deceased's faith.
Somehow that seem funny as hell! After I die, I'll change my mind? You damn
betcha...completely! :-)
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