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Obama's momma a Mormon?
- May 07, 2009 18:18:33
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- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has launched an investigation of church members who posthumously baptized President Obama’s late mother last year and possibly baptized his late father as well.
On June 4, the day after Obama secured the Democratic presidential nomination, a church member baptized by proxy the president’s mother Stanley Ann Dunham inside a temple in Provo, Utah.
Though it’s still unclear whether the submission of Dunham’s name was a prank or sincere gesture, church spokeswoman Kim Farah said baptizing someone who is not related is a “serious breach” of church policy.
“The offering of baptism to our deceased ancestors is a sacred practice to us and it is counter to Church policy for a Church member to submit names for baptism for persons to whom they are not related,” Farah said in a statement. “The Church is looking into the circumstances of how this happened and does not yet have all the facts. However, this is a serious matter and we are treating it as such.”... Read full article »
On June 4, the day after Obama secured the Democratic presidential nomination, a church member baptized by proxy the president’s mother Stanley Ann Dunham inside a temple in Provo, Utah.
Though it’s still unclear whether the submission of Dunham’s name was a prank or sincere gesture, church spokeswoman Kim Farah said baptizing someone who is not related is a “serious breach” of church policy.
“The offering of baptism to our deceased ancestors is a sacred practice to us and it is counter to Church policy for a Church member to submit names for baptism for persons to whom they are not related,” Farah said in a statement. “The Church is looking into the circumstances of how this happened and does not yet have all the facts. However, this is a serious matter and we are treating it as such.”... Read full article »
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Oh. I misread the question when I clicked on it to comment. I thought it said MORON not Mormon.View thread
I guess I fail to understand why it was so important for a non-family member to try to do this.
This is too goofy. What purpose does it serve? The act of baptism is the acknowledging and acceptance of God. How can a dead person do that? It's too late.
Just because their church baptizes someone doesn't make it so in the sight of God. There is no where in the Bible that God allows for baptizing of the Dead.
The Bible clearly says to believe and be baptized. The mormons have taken out of context a little village in Greece that use to hold that as their custom...it was not condoned it was mentioned by Paul because he was in that village. It was not a Christian gesture it was a pagan ritual that village use to follow. I have been to that village and know the history.