Comrade Tassadar, Verto... Wtf is this all about?

[JohnT]

Oh, good job posting racially divisive images on Apolyton, Tass.

[Nubclear]

Edited to be better

[JohnT]

[bipolarbear]

Why the hell am I involved in this?! I'm not mormon
It's a cult. What more do you need to know?

Don't forget Catholocism, its a cult too you know!

[Ben Kenobi]

I (somewhat) understand the concerns and objections to what many would perceive as an action hostile to another's religion.

It's one thing to work on them while they are alive.

Quite another to declare them 'baptised' after death.

Don't you believe in an immortal soul? Wouldn't these folks you have baptised take offense in their baptism? Particularly if they reject what you believe and have good reasons for doing so?

I'm a Christian, but if folks don't want to be Christian, you have to let them go. Nothing you can do for them after death.

[Verto]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
I'm a Christian, but if folks don't want to be Christian, you have to let them go.

We have. They are presented with the choice of accepting or denying the baptism.

[Kuciwalker]

"It's ridiculous for people to pretend they have the key to heaven,"

[Ben Kenobi]

They are presented with the choice of accepting or denying the baptism.

Haven't they already had this choice on Earth, and rejected Mormonism?

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


Haven't they already had this choice on Earth, and rejected Mormonism?

Again, according to the LDS church, they have this choice again in the afterlife. There is always a second chance. It is given by baptism for the dead.

ACK!

[Ben Kenobi]

Then if my religion says that you do not get a second chance, you ought to respect my beliefs.

[Tuberski]

But, also according to the lds church, after death you are better informed.

I'm not saying it's right, I'm saying it doesn't hurt anything.

ACK!

[Verto]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


Haven't they already had this choice on Earth, and rejected Mormonism?

Yes, those people born in the 1500s rejected Mormonism.

And what about people who never had an opportunity to hear Christian teaching before they died?

[Verto]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Then if my religion says that you do not get a second chance, you ought to respect my beliefs.

How vocal is your opposition to the archaeological studies made into the Egyptian pyramids? How often do you protest the pillaging and plunder made on Egyptian religious sites, in the name of science?

We perform baptisms for the dead and are called disrespectful, and a cult to boot; archaeologists rob mummies and break into pyramids and are worshipped by science.

[Nylan-Nolan]

Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
No, you essentially said that Mormons think you can only go to heaven if your baptised and that if another church baptised your dead relatives you wouldn't really care because you dont think its binding.

I said it may not be an issue about whether it is binding or not, and that Mormons are (yet again) forcing Mormonism on other people.

IF they are converted in post-homugenous life, they agree to accpt that the baptism put them into the church, then they are members. If they are not converted, they can just ignore the fact that the baptism took place, and they are not part of the church.

EDIT: Sorry, didn't read anything past the quote. I was in a rush.

[OzzyKP]

I don't see the big deal. I mean if you're Jewish and think Mormons are full of crap, what do you care if they post-humously baptise your grandma. Likewise why would you care if I preform some cooky ceremony to transform you into a mutant chicken. If you don't believe in it, then why do you care?