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54. I just waved a magic wand unMormonizing them all

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Mon Sep 17, 2012, 01:36 PM

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Mormons posthumously baptized President Obama's mother as a Mormom [View all] kratos00 Sep 2012 OP

Read the article itself for an answer Xipe Totec Sep 2012 #1

That's a load of BS statement..."sometimes bypass this instruction..." joeybee12 Sep 2012 #11

Including Anne Frank (many times) and other Holocaust victims obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #48

Hmmm. How does a prankster get one of those Temple Recommends? HereSince1628 Sep 2012 #59

It is creepy, and it's also disrespectful toward the beliefs of others. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2012 #2

Most religions say all other religions are wrong slackmaster Sep 2012 #9

About the "your religion is wrong"... NYC Liberal Sep 2012 #45

Actually, all don't say that unc70 Sep 2012 #47

Yes, LDS means Latter-Day Saint, or Mormon (eom) StevieM Sep 2012 #50

So it is "offensive" for them to believe their religion is correct? jberryhill Sep 2012 #51

So she was happily sitting on a comfy cloud, holding a harp, Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #3

Index Librorum Prohibitorum panzerfaust Sep 2012 #20

Ah, Limbo and Purgatory. Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #21

So which is more offensive exboyfil Sep 2012 #4

So is that like a passport to Kolob? lumberjack_jeff Sep 2012 #5

Probably like a bus transfer. You get only one. Make a bad transfer SDjack Sep 2012 #25

Hell has all the good musicians LadyHawkAZ Sep 2012 #28

Que up the attack add: Obama mother was a Mormon and his father was a anti-Colonial Muslim! FSogol Sep 2012 #6

Did Ann Dunham become a Muslim when she married Lolo Soetoro? If yes, then what are the jody Sep 2012 #7

As long as they don't interfere with the treatment of actual remains, who gives a flying fuck? slackmaster Sep 2012 #8

It may be Just Words to some rbrnmw Sep 2012 #29

It's wrong, they shouldn't do it, they've ignored requests to stop, slackmaster Sep 2012 #37

Presumably mentally competent adults getting upset over someone else 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #39

It isn't that I think it's a hex rbrnmw Sep 2012 #46

....that are nothing more than WORDS... truebrit71 Sep 2012 #53

Speaking of respect... jberryhill Sep 2012 #56

Yuck! ToxMarz Sep 2012 #10

"... is this irreversible?" I do not know about The Church (LDS) panzerfaust Sep 2012 #14

That's just rude. aquart Sep 2012 #12

Ha! For some strange reason this reminded me tavernier Sep 2012 #13

"well-meaning Church members....." Avalux Sep 2012 #15

Not as far off as one would hope. They did my ancestry when I lived and worked in Salt Lake siligut Sep 2012 #32

Well-meaning because the deceased gets a chance Mariana Sep 2012 #33

Sorry, that doesn't wash with me. Avalux Sep 2012 #41

It is offered to the deceased as a choice jberryhill Sep 2012 #57

So what ...? etherealtruth Sep 2012 #16

some muslim group ought to baptize (or whatever) George Romney. rurallib Sep 2012 #17

Highly offensive. kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #18

It is supposed to be only a Mormon's ancestors? treestar Sep 2012 #19

LDS has one of the largest Genealogy databases in the world.. rsweets Sep 2012 #22

And they share it dragonlady Sep 2012 #43

I just conducted a secret ceremony and converted every living Mormon to Jewish. nt TeamPooka Sep 2012 #23

I've always thought that whole thing is weird and creepy... SoapBox Sep 2012 #24

It is weird, creepy, disrespectful, and totally meaningless to the deceased Siwsan Sep 2012 #26

Doing genealogy I found out my Grandpa was Mormon baptized too HockeyMom Sep 2012 #27

If They baptized my Evangelical Grandmother rbrnmw Sep 2012 #30

My superstition is better than your Politicalboi Sep 2012 #31

I bless all faiths which believe in Divine Substance. peace begins with me Sep 2012 #34

They *retroactively* made Obama a Mormon-by-birth, OMG eShirl Sep 2012 #35

So, I wonder if they ever baptised Mohammed? eShirl Sep 2012 #36

Jesus, too, probably. nt. Mariana Sep 2012 #38

Sound like ignorant assholes to me. Cha Sep 2012 #40

I think it's creepy. If there is a similar Muslim practice like this I would like to see Whisp Sep 2012 #42

How is this any creepier than praying for the deciest? FreeState Sep 2012 #44

Still baptizing Jewish rbrnmw Sep 2012 #49

Obama's mother posthumously calls Mormons morons. n/t librechik Sep 2012 #52

I just waved a magic wand unMormonizing them all aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #54

I humously unbaptized rMoney as an atheist. Warren Stupidity Sep 2012 #55

Who cares? hughee99 Sep 2012 #58

Non Christians don't have "baptism" demosincebirth Sep 2012 #60

I'd do something Obama can't (political purposes) M_M Sep 2012 #61