Posted by:
Amyjo
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Date: April 05, 2017 04:53PM
"Henry Eyring told a worldwide audience during a twice-yearly Mormon conference in Salt Lake City that God wants all his children "home again, in families and in glory." He encouraged listeners to use the religion's massive genealogical database to trace their roots, reports the AP."
Eyring goes on to say that "The practice is becoming more common because young church members have embraced it." I call total hooey to that statement! Young people may have an interest in family history out of a need to explore their roots. I question his assertion it's for doing temple work. I find that dubious as it's the younger members who are leaving faster than their elders are.
How many times are the dead actually baptized, since for most generational Mormons this has already been performed on their ancestors?
It's just more "busy work" for the lay members to keep the temples running on schedule. It isn't only family members the church does proxy baptisms for. It's whatever names are submitted, regardless of familial relation to members.
http://www.newser.com/story/240698/mormon-leaders-push-for-more-baptisms-for-the-dead.htmlhttp://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/01/latest-mormon-leader-encourages-baptisms-for-dead.html