How to counter Mormon Baptism for the Dead

To some people the Mormon doctrine of Baptism for the Dead is of no importance. They beleive that as it is a fake created by Joseph Smith, that it doesn't matter.

However, for some people it matters very much. They feel it is an insult to not only their dead ancestors but also to the family.

Others might wonder why the Mormon Church should benefit from the misdeeds of some of its own members.

For example, Mormons,some disguised as Indians, murdered an entirely innocent wagon train of settlers in Mountain Meadows. Should the Mormon Church profit from having their murder victims baptised for the dead?

And in Germany some Mormons sided with the Nazis and reported where Jewish families were hiding. They even reported on members of the German Resistance movement causing them to be taken away and executed. Once again, the questions remains, should the Mormon Church be allowed to profit from the misdeeds of some of its membership?

I think not.

How, therefore, can baptism for the dead be countered in a theological way? If you are an active member of a religious group you can approach your church elders or leaders and ask them to organise a special ceremony to de-baptise the victim of baptism for the dead, or necrodunking as some critics term this practice.

If you do not regularly attend a church you might like to take the following prayer and change it to suit your own particular faith's concept of God:-

"Lord, please hear my prayer. The Mormon Church has baptised for the dead members of my family, my clan or other people that I feel connected to by reason of tribe, culture or faith. Lord, I feel that this baptism for the dead is an insult to not only them, but also to myself and other members of my family, my clan and my culture.

"Therefore, Lord, I am asking you to please revoke the effects of this baptism for the dead and set it aside as being an unwarranted intrusion and an insult."

You can then finish the payer in the fashion appropriate to your faith.

If you are an atheist, you can alter this to remove any religious reference and instead make it into a prayer to the Universe.

If you like this idea, please forward this blog post to as many people as you feel would find comfort, release and peace from being able to enact this idea.