Originally Posted By: peter
...no, lost you, sorry. Surely it would be more offensive if they deliberately excluded Jewish people from an act which they believe they're doing for the baptisee's benefit?


I would have to agree with DWallach on this. It would be deeply offensive in that it is disrespectful and patronizing. Like "those poor little ignorant jews need our Mormon help" offensive.

Being a former mormon myself, I can say that they believe that they are the only ones with the full "Truth and Authority" from god. And also that it cannot be shared with other churches/religions except to the extent that they convert to mormonism. Just a bit assuming, if you ask me - and that is the part that I would find offensive.

There is not much that can be done about it - and they have the right to do what they want in their temples with the name of any one of us or our ancestors. Whether or not it is appropriate is another matter.

I wonder how some mormons would feel if another church had sacred rights that "undid" any ordinance that the mormons did in their temples. Kind of an interesting exercise to see the response, if any. I'm sure that some mormons would be deeply offended to hear that someone was "undoing" their parents celestial marriage in some other secret religious building.


Edited by bbowman (10/03/2008 18:13)
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