Can anyone explain to me why the LDS/Mormons continue to baptize the dead??? - Page 6

[SaveTheWild]

If anyone is interested. I posted a looooong explanation of the mormon belief's regarding the afterlife in the second page of this thread:

http://www.mothering.com/discussions...+by+another+na

(for background -- my extended family is all mormon, and I grew up surrounded by mormons, but I myself am not mormon. As a non-mormon growing up in Utah, with a whole mormon family, I ended up learrning a lot about the church. Some from osmosis, some from pure interest, but mostly because I grew up very resentful of the LDS church, and wanted to be able to argue with facts and knowledge.

[bellydancegoddess]

I'm uneaisy about the whole mormon religon. My aunt lives in Salt Lake and is always showing me articles on disturbing things like a father wanting his 14 year old daughter to marry is 44 year old brother; the girl refused and the father and uncle beat her to death. Back in 99' anybody remember that one? Dont even get me started on paligamy! I dont want this thread to turn in to a "bash on mormon site" but I pray for that girl almost every nite and many other inocent children out there. Children are a countrys best assett, by abandening our children how can they grow up educated enough to run the world? A dear friend told me that and it is so the truth. Hope no one is offened by any of this, these forums are not a place for people to feel shut down, bad about saying whats on thier mind or how they feel deep down inside. I'm also not saying every mormon has those deranged beliefs. Mormon or not I think we all agree that what they did and WHY they did that is just not okay! Okay off my soapbox now.....

[Kerri-Jean]

I can understand people being scared to death of the LDS church, considering what is usually represented in the media! But any people that are practicing polygamy are not part of the church. They call themselves Mormons, but have all been excommunicated for disobeying the laws of the land. I completely agree that children deserve our protection, and while I don't remember or know about the case you mentioned, it disgusts and saddens me. Firstly because that poor girl deserves to have a safe childhood, and secondly because it makes it look like Mormons live this way! We are counselled to not even date until we're 16, and only then in groups, so these people are not part of our faith.

Kerri

[bellydancegoddess]

Thank you Kerri for letting me know that. Sorry if my statement sounded ingnorant. I dont know if this is going to come out right or not but, the mormon religon needs more people like you to educate people about the religon and how we should not sterotype it. I didn't know about the 16 age requirment. I think that great. OT: but people also need to not sterotype all middleeastern people as being bad. Thier are just as many bad people living in america as their are in middle east. But for some reson we think were better than then. My uncle told me that we just need to bomb the whole place, just take them all out. AHHH! need to go start thread on this somewhere else...yep no sleep again tonight....