I'm absolutely pro-choice when it comes to religion. I think everybody should have the freedom to choose faith in Christ, and the privilege of choosing baptism to follow Jesus Christ. I think they should have this freedom to choose - even if they lived and died without the opportunity to hear and receive the Gospel while on this earth. That's why I love the revealed and restored Christian practice of baptism for the dead. It's not about making people Mormon or violating the rights of deceased ancestors. It's about giving the deceased the freedom to choose. With baptism for the dead, if we are right, we can extend choice and the option of accepting a valid Christian baptism to those who died without that privilege. No harm is done if we are right - it's still their choice. If we are wrong, we're just wasting our time with a meaningless, innocuous ritual. Again, no harm done.

Got ancestors? Give them the gift of choice. It's one kind of choice where no one gets hurts.
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