Re: As a matter of interest (was Re: Vatican trying to avoid baptism

Lesley Robertson wrote:
> Just out of idle interest, how many of the people who claim to be so 
> mortally offended by the religious activities on the LDS are actively
using 
> the IGI and the other genealogical sources provided by the LDS, despite
the 
> fact that the main reason for this enormous genealogical effort is in
order 
> that their ancestors can be retrospectively "baptized"?

Just pretend that you are in heaven sipping on a really good strawberry
smoothie on a cloud and humming a happy tune with your family and 
friends chatting about the old adventures. Then pops in a serious LDS
suit and you spill smoothie on your white clothes and he loudly 
proclaims "Hey, would you like to be baptised Mormon and move to this 
other cloud and sip these other strawberry smoothies with total
strangers ?

You wouldn't be "mortally" offended because you are already dead, but 
you might be "spiritually" offended. And the devil would laugh every 
time it happens.

Perhaps if you were in hell, and the same question was asked, then maybe 
you would be glad to jump at the chance to be baptized, but I doubt you 
could hear the message over the noise of the meat grinders and volcano 
explosions.

> And how many are aware that any 19th century ancestor can have a LOT of 
> descendants, all of whom have equal rights?

No clue what that means. Please rephrase and expand.

> Lesley Robertson

Jonathan M.