Mahatma Gandhi, was posthumously baptized by proxy by a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to information provided to The Huffington Post.

Arun Gandhi, a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi who lives in Rochester, N.Y., said he was " surprised" to hear about the posthumous baptism. "It bothers me in the sense that people are doing something when a person is dead and gone and there is nobody to answer for that person. That’s not the right thing to do,"

Hindus do not mark death as the end of existence but rather believe that the soul is reincarnated into different physical bodies through cycles of birth and death. To perform proxy baptism to a Hindu is "deeply offensive" because of the belief in rebirth, said Suhag Shukla, co-founder of the Hindu American Foundation and now its managing director and legal counsel.

Last week, HuffPost reported that teen diarist and symbol of the Holocaust Anne Frank had been baptized this month for at least the ninth time since she died in a Nazi concentration camp in 1945.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/24/mormon-proxy-baptism-mahatma-gandhi_n_1299676.html


Really there ought be a law against this offensive practice.

Gandhi is reported to have said, " I'll become a Christian when the Christians become Christian."

Also

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”

What does this have to do with politics (besides nothing)?

Trying to somehow tarnish Romney because of the practices of his religion. Not fair, given if I remeber correctly that Romney didn't support it. (I may be wrong on this).

Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Weisel, who is still alive, also was targeted for "posthumous" baptism, as were the murdered parents of Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal. Wiesel demanded Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speak out about the practice. Romney, has performed the ritual of proxy baptism in the past, but has referred questions about the ritual to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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can you show me when exactly Romney supposingly performed this?

Gandhi is reported to have said, " I'll become a Christian when the Christians become Christian."

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I like that.

What does this have to do with politics (besides nothing)?

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Prominent Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel wants Mitt Romney to urge the Mormon church to abandon its practice of posthumously baptizing Jews, some of whom died in concentration camps during World War II.

In an interview with the Huffington Post, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Wiesel said that Romney "should speak to his own church and say they should stop" the practice. "I think it's scandalous," he continued. "Not only objectionable, it's scandalous."

Wiesel's decision to call out Romney by name could pose problems for the GOP front-runner for a number of reasons. One, it forces the issue of his Mormon religion (not exactly a selling point for many conservative voters) back into the headlines. And two, as HuffPo notes, it could cause trouble with Republican-voting Jews in Florida and elsewhere in a general election matchup with President Obama.


http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012//14/elie_wiesel_to_mitt_romney_tell_mormon_church_to_stop_baptizing_jews_who_died_in_holocaust.html

can you show me when exactly Romney supposingly performed this?
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He hasn't.  Maybe it was Harry Reid that did?  Who knows, considering no hacks are asking Reid?

can you show me when exactly Romney supposingly performed this?

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In a 2007 Newsweek interview, Romney was asked if he had ever performed baptisms of the dead, and said, “I have in my life, but I haven’t recently.’’ His campaign did not respond to an inquiry on whether he baptized Holocaust victims.


http://articles.boston.com/2012-02-18/metro/31071937_1_genealogical-database-mormon-theology-mormon-church/2

Maybe you misunderstood.  I think the questions was why are you posting something that is not approved by her as a subject?

LOL, more leftloon blogs linking to more religion-bashing.

First HuffersPost and now Slate.

What's next - Truthout? 

Again, sorry, but your religion-bashing has nothing to do with politics.  But if you think it does, maybe I need to pull up a few rightwing blog links about Obama's faith (Black Liberation Theology) and all the whackjob garbage associated with it?

He hasn't.  Maybe it was Harry Reid that did?  Who knows, considering no hacks are asking Reid?

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Yeah, we have to accept your authoritative confirmation.

First HuffersPost and now Slate.

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What youonly accept Fox News as a legitimate source?

Again, sorry, but your religion-bashing has nothing to do with politics

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As though you confine your inane posts to politics.

What youonly accept Fox News as a legitimate source?

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I'm sure SheepRepublic.com, Breitbart, or anything else published by Murdoch would be acceptable as well.

Without the intervention of Man, God would have NO IDEA what to do about Gandhi.
 
Thanks to these fine people, God will not now make a huge and horrible mistake over this person who Man has judged to meet the criteria for eternal bliss.
 

As though you confine your inane posts to politics.
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When I put up a post about basketball or tennis it gets deleted.  But your posts (and those of others) bashing religion are allowed.

Let's have a deal. Please don't contaminate my threads with your vacuous replies. Of course I never come anywhere near your threads.