Yeah, it's something the Mormon's have gotten into trouble with before. This is a ceremony designed for members to 'bring their ancestors' to Mormonism, thereby saving their souls (after the fact) and getting them into Mormon heaven which, of course, is different from everyone else's. I think the whole idea is that when you get to Mormon heaven, you will be able to see all your ancestors - if you had them baptized in the faith.

The silly side of me has this vision of people suddenly popping into Mormon heaven going "wait a minute! I had the perfect (insert your idea of heaven) going there, what the heck??!"

The not silly side of me finds it a little insulting to your ancestors, assuming you know their faith (or lack thereof) better than they did, even if they did die 150 years ago.


>http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/29/slain-journalist-daniel-pearl-posthumously-baptized-by-mormon-church-reports/
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>That's an interesting religious practice I hadn't previously encountered.
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>Being non-religious myself, my first thought is I can't recall ever seeing anything else as patronizing in my life.
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>I'm also thinking religious folk will use much stronger language.