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	<title>Comments on: Today&#8217;s Reading List &#8211; April 26, 2007</title>
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		<title>By: macfan1950</title>
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		<description>I have come to realize that it&#039;s easy to recognize a Mormon hit-piece by looking for how the author characterizes our beliefs.  For instance, South said this:

&quot;What about all those billions of putative Christian souls through the last two millenniums who thought they were saved via baptism in a non-Mormon faith but were unwittingly lost? Mormons hold that only a posthumous proxy or &quot;vicarious&quot; baptism by a qualified Mormon practitioner, in temple ceremonies off-limits to non-Mormons, will ensure they end up in paradise. Hence the church&#039;s famous focus on extensive genealogical research.&quot; 

Besides being incorrect doctrine, it&#039;s written in such a negative tone, it makes everyone in the Church sound like we&#039;re against the world.  Instead, how about something like this:

What should a person who believes he belongs to the true Church do for all those who have gone before without the opportunity for baptism? Should she consider them lost forever, or should she do her best to offer that opportunity to them after they have left this life. It seems to me a fair God would allow the latter. If that fair God offered that opportunity, shouldn&#039;t a person dedicated to others work hard to provide this service? Which brings me to one important underlying principle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Service to others. How do you think that principle affects Mitt Romney? No need for an answer from you--he&#039;s already shown that with his family, the 2002 Olympics and more.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have come to realize that it&#8217;s easy to recognize a Mormon hit-piece by looking for how the author characterizes our beliefs.  For instance, South said this:</p>
<p>&#8220;What about all those billions of putative Christian souls through the last two millenniums who thought they were saved via baptism in a non-Mormon faith but were unwittingly lost? Mormons hold that only a posthumous proxy or &#8220;vicarious&#8221; baptism by a qualified Mormon practitioner, in temple ceremonies off-limits to non-Mormons, will ensure they end up in paradise. Hence the church&#8217;s famous focus on extensive genealogical research.&#8221; </p>
<p>Besides being incorrect doctrine, it&#8217;s written in such a negative tone, it makes everyone in the Church sound like we&#8217;re against the world.  Instead, how about something like this:</p>
<p>What should a person who believes he belongs to the true Church do for all those who have gone before without the opportunity for baptism? Should she consider them lost forever, or should she do her best to offer that opportunity to them after they have left this life. It seems to me a fair God would allow the latter. If that fair God offered that opportunity, shouldn&#8217;t a person dedicated to others work hard to provide this service? Which brings me to one important underlying principle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Service to others. How do you think that principle affects Mitt Romney? No need for an answer from you&#8211;he&#8217;s already shown that with his family, the 2002 Olympics and more.</p>
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