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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
Love your thought process!
Baptizing by proxy... If you told me you took someone else, and dubbed them my stand in and baptized said person, and that made me a member of their church, I would tell you were to go, how to get there, and what to do when you arrived.
In the immortal words of Wikipedia: “[citation needed]”
She was a Marxist! Her religious conviction is a relatively minor consideration in comparison to her political philosophy.
Are we looking at the influnces on a head of State here (however unlawfully authorized), or those on a church minister?
The woman was a Marxist! Thats crucial!
• Acts 2:44–45
• Acts 4:31–37
(continuing on into)
• Acts 5:1–11 (showing God Himself enforcing honest participation in this system)
You ... do actually practice what you preach ... don't you?
Oh also, ... how many people have you stoned to death this past year?
I hope you see my point. Like stoning ... communality has proven to be an unworkable ideal however much it appeals to people's emotional sensibilities.
But, if you ... really ... believe in your position, I'll be waiting for that info.
As for communality being unworkable, true. Even God apparently couldn’t make it work for long, as it’s not mentioned past Acts 5:11. :-)