re: #128 Obdicut

No, really, many pray for all the dead. When someone dies, often people say “My prayers are with you”. When people hear someone is hurt, they say they’ll pray for them. It happens all the time. I really do feel Mormons get singled out because they’re just slightly more obvious about it and they’re the one of the non-mainstream religions in America.

Prayer is a shared action, pretty much all religions use a form of communication with their god that can be described as prayer, so insult is not likely. However, baptism isn’t as common leaving more room for insult.

I don’t really care if it’s done to me, I think it’s all nonsense, but I do think there are people out there who believe very strongly that will find insult in receiving an unwanted rite.

It’s the belief in the significance of the act that makes it real to some and more than just meaningless hand waving.

Some may be quite pleased about it. Good for them. Others may be quite upset, which in my mind, is enough of a reason to not do it in such a blanket manner.