Sentences with phrase «baptism for the dead»

Corey Finney, I've had Catholic Priests and others who study ancient Christianity (not Mormon) corroborate the practice of proxy baptism for the dead in the early Christian Era.

The references to baptisms for the dead is by Paul — IN SUPPORT — of his argument that the resurrection is a reality.

The real reason, is that the Mormon church wants it's members doing baptisms for the dead.

Many folks do not seem to understand some key points about baptism for the dead.

If you read the article a little closer you will see that the scriptural reference used comes from the Bible's New Testament, where Paul having a discussion regarding the resurrection, asks why would followers of Christ at his time perform baptisms for dead if there were to be no resurrection.

Baptism for the dead is a waste of time.

The reason we do baptisms for the dead is to offer our deceased ancestors an opportunity to accept the gospel of Jesus Christ.

I second the comment that if baptism for the dead is ineffective, then it is just a misguided but compassionate act of service that does no harm, and actually has played a role in the massive collection of geneologic materials around the world that everyone benefits from.

Underlying baptism for the dead is LOVE.

1) If you don't believe in baptisms for the dead, then should it really matter whether The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint members do it?

Then the baptism for the dead has no effect whatsoever.

Some people have misunderstood that when baptisms for the dead are performed, deceased persons are baptized into the Church against their will.

The funny thing about baptisms for the dead is that Mormon doctrine itself makes the practice meaningless!

To help clarify, the baptisms for the dead are considered an opportunity for those who went through life without an opportunity to join the church.

The Mormons got this right, and as explained in Corinthians, the modern christian churches have lost the principle of baptism for the dead... and ultimately lost the doctrine of a just God.

And to clarify... The LDS church does the baptisms for the dead because this is an ordinance that is to be done in the flesh.

2) You can learn more about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint belief in baptism for the dead here: http://www.lds.org/study/topics/baptisms-for-the-dead?lang=eng&query=baptism+dead and here: http://www.lds.org/ensign/1987/08/i-have-a-question/i-have-a-question?lang=eng&query=baptism+dead.

Then the baptism for the dead is ignored, and the person goes to whatever place of this afterlife.

All of the posts so far show an extreme lack of understanding of Mormonism and it's doctrines about baptisms for the dead.

Baptism for the dead is for those who don't have the opportunity to hear the fullness of the gospel during their lifetime.

While this is a vile act — An act that spits on the beliefs of Anne Frank and the entire Jewish religion — one must ask, is this really worst than the thousands upon thousands of other Baptisms for the dead that the mormons perform?

Here's the Mormon logic behind baptisms for the dead: (1) Bible says you have to be baptised to get into heaven, (2) lots of people died without any chance to get baptised, (3) the Bible mentions baptism for the dead, which was practiced by early christians but isn't practised by anybody now (other than Mormons), and (4) God lvoes everybody but he is also truthful, so baptism for the dead reconciles the statement that everybody must be baptised with the unfair situation of not everyone being able to do so.

They attend weekly services in chapels, also referred to as «wards» or meetinghouses, while their large temples (accessible only to those deemed sufficiently faithful) are utilized for the most important and sacred ceremonies, including baptisms for the dead and celestial marriages - during which couples are «sealed» for eternity.

This practice of proxy baptism for the dead is evidence of three things: 1) LDS is not Christian, 2) LDS doesn't believe in free will choice to ask Jesus into your Heart.

However, vicarious baptisms for the dead is part of the Gospel of Christ.

From what I have read, the proxy of baptism for the dead does not baptize you into the LDS church, but rather Jesus Christ and the forgiveness of their sins through His death.

The Mormons use this passage as the basis for their belief in Baptism for the Dead.

In this case, baptism for the dead would be our own baptism, representing our passage from being dead in sin to alive in Christ through our full identification with the death and resurrection of Jesus.

Baptisms for the Dead — Romney and his LDS religion's beliefs — is actually in the Bible!)

If the Church in Corinth had been taught by the Apostle Paul that the manner in which one is saved is to pray (verbally or nonverbally) a sincere, penitent, prayer / petition to God, such as a version of the Sinner's Prayer, why does this passage of God's Holy Word discuss baptisms for the dead and not «prayers for the dead», specifically, praying a version of the Sinner's Prayer for the dead?

As it does not follow that Paul approved of baptism for the dead because he mentions the Corinthians» practice of it I Cor.

As for the baptisms for the dead — what I have yet to see is ANY article makes clear is WHY we do it.

Your bible which teaches you to perform baptism for the dead, also shows that your anthropomorphic God is a blood thirsty man.

We do baptisms for the dead to complete that ordinance for people who have passed away.

People always through such a fit about Baptism for the Dead.

i was raised mormon (no longer practice) and while they do baptisms for the dead, they are not «graveside.»

Do you do baptism for the dead, including Hilter and Jews killed in the holocaust?

And as for the baptism for the dead, it makes sense, and was clearly stated right in the bible.

to add to Gah's point, where he is correct that a baptism for the dead MUST be done inside an LDS Temple.

Performing proxy baptisms for the dead is what makes eternal togetherness in heaven possible.

For example, a common Mormon practice is baptism for dead ancestors, which is based on a particular interpretation of 1 Cor 15:29.

This church included limited temple rituals such as baptism for the dead, sealings, and endowments.

Mormons do not force their youth to do baptisms for the dead or any other ritual..

We need to have Child Services investigate the abuse of forcing children (age 12 and up) to do proxy baptisms for dead people.

Though the church regularly conducts proxy baptisms for dead, in what it calls an attempt to give everyone a chance to accept salvation through Jesus, it has a 1990s - era policy against conducting such baptisms for Holocaust victims.

If you disagree with the idea of baptisms for the dead then you have a religious disagreement.

In Mormon doctrine, baptisms for the dead (as mentioned in the Bible itself) allows for every person to have the same opportunities in the afterlife, according to their own agency and choice; it demonstrates the perfect mercy of a perfect Father for every one of his children.

The «virtual / proxy baptism» is actually baptism for the dead and so he would have to have passed on for this sort of baptism.

Read more about the controversy over a Mormon baptism for the dead parents of Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal and about why the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints performs baptisms for the dead.

Secondly, we perform baptisms for the dead in order to form a welding link with our ancestors.