I would not bother thanking the Mormons for anything because their motives for doing genealogy are absolutely bizarre. They have this vast genealogy project so...
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Milan Huba
illy@...
Oct 2, 2005 12:22 am
Like everybody else, the Mormons are entitled to their religious beliefs. If they choose to baptize their deceased ancestors by proxy, that is their business...
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Pat Watkins
partygator@...
Oct 2, 2005 2:02 am
I don't know who Andrew is, but I believe him to be way out of line. One should not be criticized for one's beliefs especially if those beliefs hurt no one....
Milan, The Mormons are not just "baptizing" their ancestors, but YOURS as well. Yup, hijacking them from the good Catholic faith you profess and swinging them...
Well sometimes it is somebody else's business. There is a long-standing feud between Jews and Mormons because they have "baptized by proxy" many Jewish ...
Well Pat, Although I strongly recommend against giving the Mormons a penny I have never stood in the way of someone wishing to do so. I do, however believe ...
ANDREW, I DONT THINK YOU CAN CONTROLE WHAT A PERSON THINKS OF THE DEAD, NOR DO I THINK YOU CAN HARM THE DEAD. GOD JUDGES ALL IN THE BEGINNING AND THROUGH THE...
The problem with the Mormon posthumous baptisms is that they not only baptise their own ancestors but people unrelated to them. There was a recent uproar...
sorry if my language offends you more than genocide does. My sincerest apologies bemimitwo@... wrote:NICE MOUTH [Non-text portions of this message have...
<offtopic> Please excuse me if I look too arrogant to some of you, but I just think that the whole debate around the LDS seems like the storm in a cup of water...
Uncalled for remark, whoever you are. Like the offensive language. That aside, and more generally, I find myself puzzled as to a proper response to the...
I have tried to give a donation at the local Family History Center. they refuse to take a dime over what the cost of the film is. another thing is that the...
I'm walking in on the tail end of a discussion here that I believe started with someone asking for solicitations for the LDS. Regardless, of the opinions with...
This discussion moved tangentially away from my original request. I am sending a collective THANK YOU to the Church of Later Day Saints. I am NOT sending...
Dear Antal, ... Burian (Burián, Burjan, etc.) is a rather common surname, check the 1715 tax census (http://www.arcanum.hu/mol/), it occurred even in...
There is extensive information on this family in the nobility literature including genealogies and coats of arms. There is also a RootsWeb mail list for the...
Thank you for your information, I already found a lot about parts of the family. My task now seem to be to discover the hidden branches of the Burian family in...
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Pat Watkins
partygator@...
Oct 2, 2005 2:13 pm
Andrew, you are entitled to your opinion, and, oh by the way, so am I. But I would please ask you to refrain from calling them "morons" and their temples...
In a message dated 10/2/2005 10:13:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, partygator@... writes: Andrew, you are entitled to your opinion, and, oh by the way,...
Dear All, In my previous message I have done a typo in the first name of author - Kempelen. He was not Farkas, but Bela. Farkas Kempelen was another ...
I am absolutely appalled at the insensitivity and mean spirited comments displayed in this forum. Bill was trying to do a very nice thing, and it seems to...
Description For genealogy research, queries and assistance in locating information on ancestors who were from areas of the former Austria-Hungary empire and/or...
Hello All: I don't mean to belabor the off-topic discussion and I will be brief. My "take" on the Mormon issue boils down to this: The information they provide...
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Milan Huba
illy@...
Oct 2, 2005 6:53 pm
Ron: Anyone who wants to baptized my deceased ancestors has my blessing. Although they have all been baptized once, two baptisms has to be better than one. ...
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Pat Watkins
partygator@...
Oct 2, 2005 11:22 pm
Please thank the LDS for providing a valuable resource for all to use. If anyone knows how to help me find my grandfather's immigration date into the US, I...
Whatever Mormons do otherwise, I am just so enormously grateful for their microfilms. I would hardly be able to afford so many inquiries if for each I had to...
