Baptize the living
Public Forum Letter
Article Last Updated: 05/20/2008 06:25:44 PM MDT
Erma Carlisle asks what harm is done to those people who are dead to
be baptized by proxy by those of the Mormon faith ("What's the harm?"
Forum, May 15). The writer states it is up to the deceased person in
the Mormon afterlife to accept or reject the baptism.
First, it is offensive to relatives of the deceased who do not
wish their loved ones to be baptized. Second, why should Mormons stop
with the dead? Wouldn't it be easier to baptize by proxy all those who
are alive (as well as those who have passed away)? That would allow
everyone who is alive to accept or reject the religion. Since Mormons
have found records of the dead, they can find records of the living,
so what's to stop them from baptizing everyone? If they started today,
in a few years they might not have to be doing baptisms for the dead.
Loni Radmall
Sandy
