I learned in church today

[Donuthole]

I'm curious if the proxy baptismal prayer goes something like, "Sister _________, having been commissioned of Jesus Christ, I baptize you for and in behalf of _________, who is [almost but not quite dead] OR [sitting nearby], in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen." I'll await the inevitable lightning strike for my irreverence.

You gotta get to the temple more often, Brother Alto Cougar. They took out the "who is dead" a few years ago.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I'm curious if the proxy baptismal prayer goes something like, "Sister _________, having been commissioned of Jesus Christ, I baptize you for and in behalf of _________, who is [almost but not quite dead] OR [sitting nearby], in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen." I'll await the inevitable lightning strike for my irreverence.

Ha. I was wondering the same thing.

[Pelado]

You gotta get to the temple more often, Brother Alto Cougar. They took out the "who is dead" a few years ago.

Just a few years too late to avoid deacon-aged Pelado nearly laughing out loud at his first youth temple baptism experience.

[Moliere]

Yeah, I don’t believe they baptized someone by proxy who is still alive. Or maybe they did but I doubt they were given permission to do it.

[PaloAltoCougar]

You gotta get to the temple more often, Brother Alto Cougar. They took out the "who is dead" a few years ago.

I haven't done baptisms for a few years so, happily, the joke worked for me.

[myboynoah]

I haven't done baptisms for a few years so, happily, the joke worked for me.

I liked it.

So they knocked out the "who is dead?"

[Donuthole]

I liked it.

So they knocked out the "who is dead?"

Yes, and they no longer refer to them as baptisms for the dead, but temple baptisms. #vernacularmatters

[Clark Addison]

My testimony has survived a lot of things but taking away "Who is dead" may be my last straw

[LVAllen]

People are upset about this??

Hey, I mean, they knew the process when they committed to baptism. It's not like "baptism by immersion" is an obscure doctrine. It's what they agreed to. I'm just saying that they need to do what they agreed to do. No more, no less.

But now some liberal President of the Church just sweeps in and, with a stroke of a pen, authorizes them to be forgiven of that obligation by having someone else do it? It's not right, I tell you. I had to pay my dues by getting dunked, the people I dunked on my mission had to be dunked. They should suck it up and just budget their time so they can go all the way under.

[chrisrenrut]

We had a member of the 1st quorum of the 70 attend our ward on Sunday. I had arranged the speakers and was conducting, and we had our 3rd string music team up, so I was a bit nervous. But he could not have a been a more gracious, humble, and inspiring man.

Later, I found out that President Oaks attended a ward down the street, without any advanced notice. Can you imaging being one of the speakers in that sacrament meeting? Already tense and nervous about speaking, and now having to speak in front of the prophet?

[Bo Diddley]

Can you imaging being one of the speakers in that sacrament meeting? Already tense and nervous about speaking, and now having to speak in front of the prophet?

That would be tough. But I think I would abbreviate my remarks to leave room for him to speak at the end of the meeting.

[Northwestcoug]

We had a member of the 1st quorum of the 70 attend our ward on Sunday. I had arranged the speakers and was conducting, and we had our 3rd string music team up, so I was a bit nervous. But he could not have a been a more gracious, humble, and inspiring man.

hey we haven’t had a good humblebrag in a while

[Green Monstah]

I always try to prepare my talk with numbered lists and have a backup comment that is slightly homophobic, just in case DHO prances in our chapel on the day I’m giving a talk.