why dont you christians like mormons

And if you have yet to meet a 'true Christian'---then it is just a matter of time. Jesus said that the good news will be preached all over the earth before the end comes.

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Hopefully though, not only your mind but also your heart will recognize God's people.

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Today at 02:06 AM lared said this in Post #105

Zyon,
There are clear basic scriptures in the Bible that enable one to know which religion is right. Are you familiar with them? There are seven main points to consider. PM me if you care to continue a dialogue.
Sincerely, Lared

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Mormons Still Baptizing Dead Jews

Church has not removed Jews’ names from database.

Stewart Ain - Staff Writer

Despite a 1995 promise to stop baptizing
deceased Jews, the Mormon church has not
removed the names of thousands of Jews
within its database who were earlier baptized,
and a church official admitted that more Jews
may continue to be baptized posthumously.

Ernest Michel, a former executive vice
president of UJA-Federation of New York who
helped broker the 1995 agreement, said his attempt to convince the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints to remove Jewish names from its database of 400 million
names has been rebuffed by the church. Just a year ago, the church rededicated
itself to ending the practice of baptizing dead Jews and to removing the names of
those already recorded.

“In accordance with our interpretation of the agreement, they have violated it,” said
Michel. “We have reached the point where we are now going public. There is no
point in meeting with them again. My hope is that the church will understand we are
serious about this and will not just sit by while the church posthumously baptizes
Jews — not just Holocaust victims but all Jews, including prominent Israelis.”

He said that among the Jews the Mormons posthumously baptized were David
Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, and Theodor Herzl, the founder of the
Zionist movement. Anne Frank, Moshe Dayan and Albert Einstein have also been
baptized, critics claim.

According to Mormon theology, those who did not convert during their lifetime
should be baptized even after death and given a choice of religion. The Church
encourages its followers to record their ancestors’ names and baptize them in a
sacred ceremony.

Part of the dispute is that Michel wants the church to go through its database and
remove the names of all Jews.

“They put them in, let them take them out,” he said.

But a church elder, Todd Christofferson, said that is not feasible. He said the church
would, however, investigate and remove any Jewish names it is informed of on an
individual basis.

Countered Michel: “The onus should not be on us.”

Christofferson insisted it would be virtually impossible for the church on its own to
remove the Jewish names.

“The cost of trying to do that is astronomical,” he said. “You would have to do
research on each line. You can’t just say this name sounds Jewish.”

But Michel said there are obvious Jewish names that should be removed, such as
persons named Yankel and Chaim.

Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los
Angeles, said the church should endeavor to put this issue to rest by hiring a Jewish
genealogist to provide a list of obviously Jewish first and last names.

In addition, he said the church must better educate its members of its policy not to
baptize a dead person without the explicit permission of a relative.

Rabbi Cooper pointed out that there have recently been complaints from Armenians
and those in the Russian Orthodox Church that their relatives have also been
posthumously baptized by the Mormon church.

“The dramatic growth of the Mormon church worldwide and the advent of the
Internet age means that what may have been done quietly yesterday is going to be
front-page news today,” Rabbi Cooper said. “They may be surprised by the
sustained interest and concern from the Jewish community, and are probably
surprised to hear from other communities who also don’t like the idea of
posthumous conversions. …

“As far as Judaism is concerned, [baptism of the dead] is theologically irrelevant,
but emotionally it is quite distressful because it is viewed by many of us as a sign of
disrespect.”

Michel, a Holocaust survivor, said he became involved in this issue when he learned
that the church posthumously baptized his parents and about 10 other family
members, all of whom were killed in the Holocaust.

Christofferson said the church at this time does not have any means of requiring
those planning to add a deceased’s name to the database to list the name of the
relative who approved the baptism.

“But technology is getting to the point where that would be doable in two or three
years,” he said.

Rabbi Cooper said that is not good enough.

“They have to shorten the time period in putting up effective firewalls,” he said.
“They are experts. And they have to do a better job in communicating to their fold”
the 1995 directive.

He pointed out that the “only reason we are in possession [of the names of Jews
who continue to be baptized] is because there are people in the church who see that
there is something wrong.”

“The Jewish community is not interested in fighting with them,” Rabbi Cooper added.
“We don’t need another enemy. But we need to develop trust.”

Earlier this year, a group of Mormon volunteers organized a cleanup of a Jewish
cemetery in Bayside, Queens. While many in the Jewish community welcomed the
help, some were skeptical of the participants’ motivation, suggesting the purpose
was to collect names for posthumous baptism, a charge denied by leaders of the
group.

Link: http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=8852

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mooseboy84 said:

well why dont you?

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Apologist said:

It isn't that we don't like them, it's that we don't like their false doctrine.

I for one have a heaviness of heart for those caught up in the cults and the occult, but I in no way dislike them. We are to love the sinner but hate the sin.

God bless

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