I agree, what started out as a question has just gone on, and on , and on ...I don't believe it was ever supposed, or intended to do this...lets get back to diggin guys! Marcia -----Original Message----- From: Elaine Maddox <elainetm@worldnet.att.net> To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com <GenTips-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, June 24, 1998 4:05 PM Subject: Re: IGI-Why non Mormons named >I'm Roman Catholic and we pray for the dead. Why is this thread on >a genealogy board? > >rejoice wrote: > >> It is my understanding that your mother is correct. >> They do pray for the dead. Perhaps there are some >> Mormons out there which can tell us if that is true? >> >> ---MooZle <moozle@netdoor.com> wrote: >> > >> > My understanding of this is that Mormon's "seal" >> their families together for >> > eternity. I came across some of my family in the >> IGI that were sealed by a >> > Mormon relative back in the 1960's, even though >> they weren't of the Mormon >> > faith. It sort of made me mad because I thought >> this very presumptuous of that >> > relative to include families in their faith >> practice who might not and probably >> > did not want that done. I sure don't want it done >> with me because (without >> > getting into a religious debate here) I don't >> believe in this doctrine. >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> > >My mother seemed to think that the Mormons >> believed that they >> > >could pray dead relatives into heaven, and that's >> why they put all of their >> > >relatives in the IGI even the ones that were not >> Mormon. I don't know if this >> > >is right, but it seems logical to me that if you >> are a Mormon, and you are >> > >putting together your family tree, you would list >> all of your relatives. Even >> > >the Baptists and Lutherans, or else they would >> have big gaps in their family >> > >> > >> > >> > ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== >> > To contact the GenTips list owner, use >> converse@alltel.net >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> _________________________________________________________ >> DO YOU YAHOO!? >> Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== >> If you need to unsubscribe to GenTips email the command: >> unsubscribe >> To: >> GenTips-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com >> DON'T send it to GenTips-L that won't work! > > > > >==== GenTips Mailing List ==== >Support online research! Donate to the RootsWeb Genealogical Project! See more information at: >http://www.rootsweb.com > > > > > >