How are Mormons so nice?

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Anonymous wrote:If you think Mormons are so nice, just ask one of them why the religion continues to baptize Holocaust victims and other deceased Jews (despite many promises and agreements to stop). I have been repeatedly bullied by Mormons online for asking this simple question.

Well, this was forbidden by the church a number of years ago. But if you want to know why people do it, it is because they believe that someone's eternal salvation is dependent on making and keeping covenants with God. These covenants are made as part of ordinances such as baptism. Our church baptizes the dead because we believe that individuals continue to learn and progress after death, and the ordinance is offered to those who cannot complete it for themselves. We believe that people have agency or the freedom to choose whether to accept it. So in other words, Mormons felt compassion for Holocaust victims and were trying to do a service for them.

The question that I have is why this is so offensive? If you think it is bunk then no harm done.

Let's say your mother was murdered for her religion. And then you find out that somebody of a different religion, which is a proselytizing religion, doesn't just proselytize living people -- it also proselytizes dead people, including your mother. How would you feel about this?

Exactly. The baptizing of the dead without permission has to be one of the most odious things about the religion, and that's saying something. I once asked my LDS aunt how she would feel if my Muslim friends posthumously "made" her husband an Imam without permission. She was not amused.

I could care less because I don't think that religion or that ceremony would have any effect on me. But if the religion did turn out to be true, I would be happy that it was performed.

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Anonymous wrote:If you think Mormons are so nice, just ask one of them why the religion continues to baptize Holocaust victims and other deceased Jews (despite many promises and agreements to stop). I have been repeatedly bullied by Mormons online for asking this simple question.

Well, this was forbidden by the church a number of years ago. But if you want to know why people do it, it is because they believe that someone's eternal salvation is dependent on making and keeping covenants with God. These covenants are made as part of ordinances such as baptism. Our church baptizes the dead because we believe that individuals continue to learn and progress after death, and the ordinance is offered to those who cannot complete it for themselves. We believe that people have agency or the freedom to choose whether to accept it. So in other words, Mormons felt compassion for Holocaust victims and were trying to do a service for them.

The question that I have is why this is so offensive? If you think it is bunk then no harm done.

Let's say your mother was murdered for her religion. And then you find out that somebody of a different religion, which is a proselytizing religion, doesn't just proselytize living people -- it also proselytizes dead people, including your mother. How would you feel about this?

Exactly. The baptizing of the dead without permission has to be one of the most odious things about the religion, and that's saying something. I once asked my LDS aunt how she would feel if my Muslim friends posthumously "made" her husband an Imam without permission. She was not amused.

I could care less because I don't think that religion or that ceremony would have any effect on me. But if the religion did turn out to be true, I would be happy that it was performed.

I wouldn't be personally offended because I don't think it would affect me in the afterlife.

I am religious, and I do think it's an offensive practice. These are the things that wars are fought over. It is a deliberately offensive thing to do, it is not compassionate. It is close to evil.

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Anonymous wrote:If you think Mormons are so nice, just ask one of them why the religion continues to baptize Holocaust victims and other deceased Jews (despite many promises and agreements to stop). I have been repeatedly bullied by Mormons online for asking this simple question.

Well, this was forbidden by the church a number of years ago. But if you want to know why people do it, it is because they believe that someone's eternal salvation is dependent on making and keeping covenants with God. These covenants are made as part of ordinances such as baptism. Our church baptizes the dead because we believe that individuals continue to learn and progress after death, and the ordinance is offered to those who cannot complete it for themselves. We believe that people have agency or the freedom to choose whether to accept it. So in other words, Mormons felt compassion for Holocaust victims and were trying to do a service for them.

The question that I have is why this is so offensive? If you think it is bunk then no harm done.

Let's say your mother was murdered for her religion. And then you find out that somebody of a different religion, which is a proselytizing religion, doesn't just proselytize living people -- it also proselytizes dead people, including your mother. How would you feel about this?

Exactly. The baptizing of the dead without permission has to be one of the most odious things about the religion, and that's saying something. I once asked my LDS aunt how she would feel if my Muslim friends posthumously "made" her husband an Imam without permission. She was not amused.

I could care less because I don't think that religion or that ceremony would have any effect on me. But if the religion did turn out to be true, I would be happy that it was performed.

I'm pretty sure you mean you COULDN'T care less, which I doubt unless you're either LDS or not familiar with the teachings of that church (especially if you're female). How do you feel about sharing your husband with multiple women in the afterlife? That's part of the package, too.