Mormons posthumously baptize slain Jewish reporter Daniel Pearl

[iandhr]

Records indicate Pearl was baptized by proxy on June 1, 2011 at a Mormon temple in Twin Falls, Idaho, in practice that recently raised public outcry.

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints posthumously baptized slain Jewish reporter Daniel Pearl last year, the Boston Globe reported on Wednesday.

Pearl was kidnapped in Pakistan's biggest city of Karachi in January 2002, where he was researching a story for the Wall Street Journal on Islamist militants, and was later beheaded.


The Globe learned of the posthumous baptism from Helen Radkey, an excommunicated Mormon, who said she had found a record of the baptism that records indicate Pearl was baptized by proxy on June 1, 2011 at a Mormon temple in Twin Falls, Idaho.

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/mormons-posthumously-baptize-slain-jewish-reporter-daniel-pearl-1.415552

[Liberal Veteran]

1. Gah! Wtf is wrong with these people?

That is so disrespectful.

[Swede Atlanta]

2. Talk about "Snob"

What is more arrogant and inhuman than to posthumously desecrate another human being. Who are the Mormons to know better than Mr. Pearl during his lifetime. Had he wanted to join the LDS church, wear magic underwear and do everything to get his own planet in the afterlife, he would have.

[MADem]

3. Poor Mittsy....there goes Florida! D'oh!! nt

[onehandle]

4. I just converted all living Mormons into homosexuals.

No take-backsies.

I compel them to head for the nearest gay bar.

[Stuckinthebush]

5. DUzy!

HA!

[SunSeeker]

6. LOL. I second that motion! nt

[catrose]

12. Somewhere on DU

Is a post about the rabbi who bar mitzvahed Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and John Taylor and then gay-married them to each other, because they believed in polygamy. Payback's fair, right?

[Lucky Luciano]

49. Yep...I loved that thread! Hilarious! nt

[Diclotican]

13. onehandle

onehandle

Ok, If I ever are in your area of the world, You can allways show me where the nearest gay bar is... I don't have any problem with Gays, as some of my closest friends is it...

Diclotican

[corksean]

14. Here's a site that will do it for you...

http://alldeadmormonsarenowgay.com/

"Sadly, many Mormons throughout history have died without having known the joys of homosexuality. With your help, these poor souls can be saved.

Simply enter the name of your favorite dead Mormon* in the form below and click Convert! Presto, they're gay for eternity. There is no undo."

[prole_for_peace]

30. I converted a few mormons to a FABULOUS afterlife

a few weeks ago.

[grantcart]

44. Thanks I just did Heber J Grant, the second longest serving President of the Mormon Church

and my great great grand uncle.

[Returning Survivor]

16. K&R in the Name of Dionysus!

[Historic NY]

7. Its just down right creepy & cultish.

[demosincebirth]

8. Can't the familly sue them?

[jbeing]

33. jbeing

If they are going to baptize all these people, they should be forced to pay for their funeral costs, and help the surviving family with a stipend (endowment?). You baptize it -- you own it.

[Posteritatis]

38. On what grounds? (nt)

[demosincebirth]

47. sarcasm?

[yellowcanine]

9. Imagine the RW outrage if Jeremiah Wright were doing something like this. They would be calling on

Obama to condemn it.

That said, I don't think Mitt needs to answer for what all Mormons do. There is no end to that road.

[notadmblnd]

34. Oh yes, I think he does

Because he is not just a casual member. He's pretty high up in their organization. does anyone even know if he quit his church job? I know he is/was a Bishop.

[Comrade Grumpy]

10. This is some weird shit.

[SacoMaine61]

11. They are quite delusional

What is their point here? It's laughable mumbo jumbo that has no real value or impact. They are more to be pitied than censured.

[mistertrickster]

15. Jews posthumously circumcise Brigham Young. nt

[denverbill]

17. I think they should baptize Muhammed too. I wonder how that would go over.

[Nihil]

51. I know it was wrong ...

... but that made me laugh out loud!

[JitterbugPerfume]

18. someone should sue them into oblivion

Can you even sue a church?

[24601]

41. You can pretty much sue anybody for anything - at least initially. The rub comes when you try to

prove damages.

And by proxy - what's up with that?

[Kurmudgeon]

19. Posthumous baptism is a false witness.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

20. absurd & completely insensitive

[Bruce Wayne]

24. I thought I'd let you know I just did a cermony in a nearby cave.

You've now been rebaptized as a ninja. Specifically an Episcopalian ninja. Hope that's not a problem.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

27. lol

[xxqqqzme]

21. a pox on their

proxy!

[Bruce Wayne]

22. Mormons screw up and accidently rebaptize Joseph Smith as a Mormon

...or rather, as a "Re-Mormon" now.

[anti-alec]

23. I hereby baptize the Mormons

into dropping one M.

They are officially now called the Morons.

Deal with it, Morons.

[grantcart]

25. Organized insanity.

[babydollhead]

26. I am waving my arms and saying magic words and make everyone kind.

my kind

[truthisfreedom]

28. As an atheist, I could care less.

But as a Secular Humanist, I call on all religious people to consider the consequences of entangling themselves with other religions. If you MUST believe in them, supernaturalism, superstition, dogma, and pseudoscience are always best kept in your own back yard.

[sofa king]

29. But it's so fun to mess with them!

In my capacity as a Minister of the Universal Life Church, I regularly pray to have rational thought and empathy bestowed upon my brethren and those of other beliefs.

It, uh, doesn't work. But it's pretty fun, anyway.

ULC is, of course, the same prestigious institution which bestowed a Ph.D upon Hunter Thompson--a quite unique seal of approval. Thereafter, Thompson insisted upon being addressed as, "Doctor."

[Borchkins]

31. Me, too!

I'm also a minister of the Universal Life Church. I became a minister because the Catholic church refused to marry a couple of friends more than 12 years ago.

Since then, I have married dozens of my friends and relatives without religious affiliations. But since I've married them all, I think that makes me Mormon, gay and incestuous.

It's a wonderful life!
B

[sofa king]

32. Yep.

I'm the Third Assistant Backup Minister at every wedding I attend. I'd never seen an Irish priest completely lose himself to laughter until I explained to him at the reception that I'd had his back.

I expect that some day I'll really have to do it. Some couples will happily risk going to Hell rather than cancel a wedding.

[FarCenter]

37. Have you suceeded in getting your property tax set to zero?

Now that your house is a "house of worship"?

[sofa king]

40. No way!

I try only to use my evil powers for good.

[shcrane71]

45. Can one become a pope through this church?

[life long demo]

35. I FOUND THIS OUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHILE SEARCHING FOR

records on my Irish born paternal Grandparents. The Church of latter day saints has an extremely large data base of genealogical records from various countries including the US. There was a big uproar when it was found out that they were postumously baptizing those Irish ancestors and I assume others from all the countries they collect data on. So I assume they have been doing this for a long time. They aren't going to stop, they just apologize then continue in secret. Very, very strange.

[caseymoz]

43. It's a key part of their religion.

Even funnier, they're proxy baptisms and weddings, meaning that believers have to actually stand in for the dead. I wonder if the believer goes through life with boasting rights that they stood-in for John Kennedy?

[Bigmack]

36. I will NEVER vote for a Morman

even if he/she IS a Democrat! THOSE people are even crazier than other religious folks! WAY crazier. Ms Bigmack

[Zambero]

39. Do Jews have any plans for Mom & Pop Osmond (among others)?

Shouldn't George & Olive Osmond, deceased parents of Donnie, Marie and the rest of the Osmond brood, be posthumously Bar/Bat Mitzvah'ed? How else are these religions going to maintain a fair and level praying field (sorry..) when only one of them is actively engaged in "spirit snatching"?

[caseymoz]

50. It would be hilarious if other faiths began converting them back.

Then we'll have "ghost wars." I can't wait.

[caseymoz]

42. It's heaven's Borg.

Resistance is futile!

Am I going to have to put it in my will that the absolutely will not convert me when after I'm dead? I'm waiting for a family of the deceased to sue the Mormons for doing it.

[unkachuck]

48. "...posthumously baptized slain Jewish reporter Daniel Pearl last year,..."

....has anyone ever tried purifying dead Mormons into Jews?