re: #127 J. Bastard (Buttland Institute)

Heh. Yeah. If someone really sincerely believes that this ritual is necessary to stop people from eternal punishment, they’d actually be assholes if they stopped doing it. By doing it, they’re just being irrational and creepy.

It really is something they should stop just because it has become A Thing, though, and the Mormon Church in general agrees— this is just being done by individuals inside it now.

But if you really sincerely believe in your religion, and that your religion is necessary for salvation— as many faiths do— then really being evangelical about it, and doing whatever magical tricks you can, is ethical behavior. It’s irrational, but ethical.