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JEROME GINSBURG

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01/14/2007
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11/13/2008

Posted in: Survivors say Mormons reneging on 1995 baptism pledge

THE MORMANS BELIEVE IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN BAPTISED YOU CANNOT GET INTO HEAVEN. THEY BAPTISE THE DEAD SO THEY CAN GET INTO HEAVEN. VOLUNTEERS DO THIS 24 HOURS A DAY SO THAT PEOPLE WHO DIED WHO NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BAPTISED ARE NOT DENIED HEAVEN. THEY GAIN NOTHING FROM THIS PRACTICE FOR THIE CHURCH AND THEY DO NOT SOLICIT CONTRIBUTIONS TO DO THIS. THIS IS DONE AS A GGOD DEED TO SAVE SOULS. IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE IN THEIR PRACTICE IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE DEAD FROM WHAT THEY WERE TO A MORMAN. I PERSONALLY THINK IT IS REMARKABLE ACT OF SELFLESSNESS EVEN THOUGH I DO NOT ACCEPT THEIR BELIEFS. THEY HAVE BAPTISED MILLIONNS OF DEAD PEOPLE WHO THEY DID NOT AND NEVER WILL KNOW.

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