Reason #146: It’s silly, but they baptized Jesus in proxy

The LDS church must be embarrassed by the fact that people keep submitting names for proxy baptisms. Helen Radkey, that burr under the Mormon saddle, has documented that recently someone was baptized in proxy for Jesus Christ. And someone else for Mary Magdalene. And...

Reason #120: Rest in Peace, Oral Roberts? Maybe not…

A researcher has uncovered the LDS proxy baptism and other proxy records of televangelist Oral Roberts. Old news, you might say.  Mormons “dead dunk” famous deceased people all the time. The problem?  Oral Roberts passed away this week, December...

Reason #49: The Proxy Baptisms of Jews

An ethnic group which has done public battle with the LDS Church is Judaism. According to Richard and Joan Ostling, in the mid-1990s about 380,000 deceased Jews had proxy baptisms performed in their names in various LDS temples. They included many Jews who died in...