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Jewish Group: Mormons Still Baptize Dead

Researchers say that Mormons have continued to posthumously baptize Jewish Holocaust victims into their faith despite a promise to discontinue the practice.

[...] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has long collected names from government documents and other records worldwide for posthumous baptisms. Church members stand in to be baptized in the names of the deceased non-Mormons, a ritual the church says is required for them to reach heaven.

The practice is primarily intended to give salvation to the ancestors of Mormons, but many others are included, since the church believes that individuals' ability to choose a religion continues beyond the grave. Non-Mormon faiths have objected to the baptisms.

"It's ridiculous for people to pretend they have the key to heaven," said Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. "And even if they say they want to do somebody a favor ... it's not a symbol of love. It's a symbol of arrogance."

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[niankhsekhmet.livejournal.com]

From a personal religious point of view - which is not Jewish nor is it Christian - the Mormons really should not piss off the dead people....especially that particular group of dead people. *shiver* That is just not a good thing to do! The dead are pretty much throughout various religious belief systems closer to God than we who are still in the flesh. It really is a VERY bad idea!