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!