[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by kizzy

The dead are not people.

I may be wrong on this kizzy,maybe you know more on this than I do,I don't though think the Mormon church just converts the dead generally, I think if someone newly converts to their Faith then would like some or all of their loved ones gone before them to be accepted into the faith too,then the Mormon faith will do that and encourage it to be done too by holding a service to recognise the lost loved ones as members of the Church too.

I have chatted with Mormon missionaries and really like a lot of what they do, they are very strong on family bonds and connection so although I myself don't agree with converting the dead, I can accept they would do it in repsonse to a desire from a new convert.

I hold Christian values myself but equally like you I dislike organized religions, however, Christian faith instructs that the dead are elsewhere,not gone completely.