LDS Baptising dead Jews

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DMC, I wouldn't be any more upset than I would if a Catholic purchased a Mass Card for me, or Lit a candle for my soul. I wouldn't get bent out of shape.

BTA: No, not exactly. The soul lives on immediately after death. It can go to one of two places, Paradise or Spirit Prison. Those who have accepted the Gospel in this life are in Paradise. Those who have not are in Spirit Prison (as in the scripture I mentioned earlier) Once a baptism is performed, the person in prison is given to opportunity to accept the Gospel or tell the offerer to go bugger himself. If it is accepted, then he is allowed to move into Paradise.

Mormon doctrine also says that those in Paradise are going to be ministering to those in prison, just as Christ did, which means even after I die, God is still going to expect me to work!

After the Second Coming of Christ and all that entails, there will be a final judgement, wherein final determinations of the soul's destination will be determined. Said judgement will be done by God, who is perfect and knows the deepest corners of our heart, so as Claudius says:

Hope that helps. please note I use Shakespeare in an illustrative manner, his texts are not considered part of the LDS theological canon

 

You're right. However, someone who is Christened/Baptised/whatever can reject that later on in life.
I don't approve of infant circumcision as it's irreversible but on the other hand, a lot of people get circumcised for different reasons, not just religion.

The original post says that these people were Jewish in life, not that they had no faith. That is what I find disrespectful. If you want to convert someone then have the balls to do it when they can answer back. Waiting until they are dead is just desperate

 

It's funny, a relative contemporary of early Christianity said something similar, saying that Christ was so hard up he had to go to hell to get converts! Wish I could remember the guy who said that.

 

I don't see any harm in doing this, but I do find it presumptuous, in a "WhoTF do you think you are" kind of way. I mean I know you have the "One true path*", just like everyone else who follows a religion, but no thanks.

*I do not intend for this to sound completely snarky, but I believe Joseph Smith was a charlatan, which obviously colors my opinion on the subject. That said, I find just about all religions to be pretty nutty, so it's not just the LDS. Although I do have to concede that I find Mormonism to be a religion served with an extra serving of peanuts.