DominicCobb said:

Warbler said:

Darth_ender, would please explain the idea of baptism by proxy and and the idea of doing so to someone already dead? and why someone decided to do this to Anne Frank?

...nine times.

Hold your horses everyone, I do have a life besides this forum, though I spend too much time here. I think it was already brought up a few pages back...

...Ah, yes, here it is:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Ask-the-member-of-the-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints-AKA-Interrogate-the-Mormon/post/547084/#TopicPost547084

Boy, those were the days! But to add to the discussion, we believe that we are doing a favor for our ancestors when we are baptized for them. If they choose not to accept it, they are not obliged to do so at all. Work for the dead is frequently performed more than once due to different people submitting their researched genealogical names, often with alternate spellings, discrepant birth dates, etc. Here is the Church's official word on the matter:

http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/violations-of-proxy-baptism-policy

Wikipedia is also somewhat enlightening, in its usual level of Wikipedia imperfection:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptism_for_the_dead

If you read, you will also see that Adolf Hitler had a baptism performed on his behalf. Are we trying to get Hitler into heaven? Of course not. In fact it is Church policy to not perform work for known murderers. But it is an imperfect system, and it's possible other inappropriate baptisms will take place. Just know that no offense is ever intended, and all efforts have been made to rectify the situation for the offended.