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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:23 PM Original message |
Did Mormons Posthumously Baptize Hitler, Dracula, Ted Bundy and Others? |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Vlad the Impaler? |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. Mao and Bugsy are the only ones there who were not baptized. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I don't think Mormons count Baptism unless they do it |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 07:21 AM Response to Reply #12 |
51. Mormons have a huge library, now computerized, of obituaries and |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thanks for the good laugh. Aren't religions fun ? |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. Crazy religious folks sure have a fascination with the unborn and the dead |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Exactly. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wow, forget all the good people in the world that aren't "saved", "Save" the famous evil people.(nt) |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Is the Mormon practice of baptizing the dead the same as the "saving" that evangelicals do? |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. From what I know (and so fwiw) |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. Here is a link that explains more or less why we do what we do. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Any "ancestor" can be "saved" by the Mormons |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. I'm glad they do that |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
43. But the Mormon records are reportedly inaccurate |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Yeah, Ancestry is expensive |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Cool - how are they on the centuries old stuff in England and Wales? |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I haven't had to delve into those |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 12:54 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Cool about the Thomas More connection! |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 04:55 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Great! |
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SurfinBetty (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's weird but I support their right to do it. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. you get no points for killing the strawman |
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SurfinBetty (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I wasn't aware it was a contest. |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Freedom of religion IS what it's about ... not hoisting your beliefs on dead people |
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SurfinBetty (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Just think about that for a while. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Can one force the deceased to do anything? nt |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Um so let the dead sue them if they're upset about it |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Do you really think the dead people care? |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. The recipients of baptisms for the dead are dead. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 07:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
52. You are free to believe anything you want, no matter how laughable. nt |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yes, they did. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
34. Baptisms for the dead are performed one at a time. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. They probably baptized Ted Bundy because he was such a good Republican. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. They needed to baptize Dracula because nobody else wanted to be a missionary to Transylvania |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Oh, that's gooood! LOL. nt |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yes and don't forget: |
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FudaFuda (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. They better do me too, when I'm gone |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
53. Are you planning on becoming a mass murderer or arch criminal? Famous evil may be a key qualifier. |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. Religions and there damn forgiveness...SCREW THEM! |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
21. What's worse is they baptized me. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Someone broke some rules to make that happen. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Were you actually baptized? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. whatever it is they do for "lost souls" |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. You would have noticed, we baptize by immersion, so if you didn't get dunked, you're not a member. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I never thought I was a member. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. LOL. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Thank god. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Yep. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. I have better things to worry about. |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
30. Oh the Irony of it all. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Funny you should mention Mormon Hell, because it is a relative thing. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
31. According to Mormon Doctrine, the spirits of the deceased must all recieve the opportunity |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 05:17 AM Response to Original message |
49. Trick question. Dracula is undead. n/t |
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illuminaughty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
50. I thought you were going to reference "Religulous" |
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