Because people aren't really gone when they die. They are still spirits, they still have say in what they want for themselves. Physical death is not the end of anything, except physical life...for the person who dies. The soul goes on forever. And until the final judgement you can do and say pretty much whatever you want.
But as they said...if they accept the baptism then it's a wonderful thing, but if they reject it...it's meaningless.
We don't know what their choice is until we leave the physical world. We just do the work. We don't literally say, "Hey you...You wanna get baptised?" We do the work and they make the choice. I'm sure that people who are dead dont' take things half as uproarously as people who are alive do...so if they don't want to accept the baptism...they just say no.
And Darth Jello...dude...you're getting morbid. You're exaggerating. It's just sounding lame cuz your comparison is not even close to what we do.
Because people aren't really gone when they die. They are still spirits, they still have say in what they want for themselves. Physical death is not the end of anything, except physical life...for the person who dies. The soul goes on forever. And until the final judgement you can do and say pretty much whatever you want.
Just kidding, no need to damn me to hell or wherever you think bad people go. 😛
Baptism is a covenant that you enter into between God and yourself. It washes your sins away with your promise to live the standards God has set for you. You can sin after baptism, but that is worked on through repentance.
When we baptise, yes, we baptise physical bodies (NOT dead bodies), but it is our spirits that get the benefit as they are the eternal parts of us. Our souls take the sins and the blessings that we attain in this life.
When we get baptised for the dead, we use our physical selves as a stand-in for the dead. We are physically baptised in their name. Their sins are cleansed and they recieve the blessings that baptism brings. If they accept it of course.
It's like when we take sacrament. We take bread and water to represent the body and blood of Christ. It's a symbolism, but it's meaningful. It's a recognition of the sacrifice. God recognizes it as such...I would guess that He recognizes the baptisms as baptisms.
God would not forsake His children. He wants us all to return to Him. He wants us all to have the blessings that He wishes usto recieve from Him. Baptism is the first step to returning home. So we give that opportunity to those who never had it in the physical world. And as there has been no final judgement yet...they still have time to accept the baptism or to decline it.
This is what I believe.
Originally posted by debbiejo
That's what I've heard too........... 😂
We're the "Dump" planet..........you get extra brownie points if you chose to live here!!!
Actually...at the end...Earth is the lowest level of heaven...or something like that, but it's going to far exceed the crap hole that it is now. So even if you make it here...feel blessed.
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I just wanna say...I'm having a long week.
I'm so glad I'll be abducting my best friend from Lafayette on Friday. I really do need her. She and I are going to have Spiritual Night. It's our own personal thing where we get together and recharge our spiritual batteries. lol.
Basically, we listen to John Bytheway and other motivational speakers, we watch The Best Two Years as well as The Other Side of Heaven, and we read our scriptures till we get sleepy. Then we turn on one of my burned personal EFY Cd's and sing ourselves to sleep. It's good times. We enjoy it. It's better than some other things that we could be out doing.
Hey Kella...have you ever read THE WORK AND THE GLORY series? I resisted quite a bit, as I am wary of anything artistic or creative most members of the church praise...
...but I found the series very uplifting and inspiring...well, so far as I'm in Book 5 right now. Its a series that has increased my faith, for certain.
I read all nine last summer. I have the first six, but had to go to the library to get the last three. I didn't know they were church books when I started reading them. I was bored and noticed that my mom wasn't reading her book and took it. I finished it and had it back before she noticed. I really liked it and went after the whole series. I love the Work and the Glory, it's really inspiring, and I learned a lot about church history at a younger age. I just read the first of the Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites books. Can't wait to get a hold of the rest.
They did make a movie of the first three, and are ending it as a trilogy. The first one is on video, and I highly recommend it.
The second AMERICAN ZION, will be out on video this summer...also highly recommended.
The thrid, A HOUSE DIVIDED will be out in theatres by the end of the year sometime, probably in the fall.
The best thing about these films has to be Jonathan Scarfe's protrayal of Joseph Smith. I think its right on the money, and certainly is incredible.
However, none of these movies has been 'successful' which is why they are ending after three. The have lost millions of dollars on each film, sadly.