THE DAILY BLADE: In Serious Denial
You’ve heard of Genocide Deniers and of Holocaust Deniers. Now, Jeff Emanuel, a Special Operations military veteran and contributing editor for RedState.com, has coined the term “Terrorist Deniers” to describe “the most vocal members of the American Left” to whom “the elected President of their country” and not “those who would kill us” is America’s most dangerous enemy:
One prime example of a Terrorism Denier is the
Another vocal Denier is Keith Olbermann, former ESPN anchor and current host of MSNBC’s “Countdown.” … “Terrorism is still being sold to the public,” he says, “as if it were a thrilling horror movie and we were the naughty teenagers about to be its victims.” …
Terrorism Deniers, who often cite the words of “intelligence professionals” to back up their downplaying of the threats that face Why The Stiletto Cannot Support Mitt Romney For President
And when the real enemy is the President, and the real goal is promoting dissent at all costs, without regard for the lives that stand to be lost, in part, due to their cavalier public attitudes toward genuine threats, the template matters more than anything – including, and especially, reality.
However, there is one Mormon practice The Stiletto finds extremely disrespectful to people of other faiths, baptizing the dead by proxy:
The Mormons, a United States-based denomination officially named the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), encourage members to baptise [sic] the dead by proxy in the belief they are helping the deceased attain full access to heaven.
Church members are told to focus on their ancestors, a rite understandable in a relatively new denomination founded in 1830. But so many now perform the rituals for celebrities, heroes and perfect strangers that the practice has spun out of control.
Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Genghis Khan, Mao Zedong, King Herod, Al Capone and Mickey Mouse have all appeared for a short time in the International Genealogical Index (IGI) for proxy baptisms, said Helen Radkey, an IGI researcher.
"It seems that any kind of name at all may be submitted," said Radkey from
This has outraged Jews and baffled Christians who see it as usurping the memory of their departed relatives. The LDS says it cannot stem the tide of dead baptised [sic] in its own temples.
The Stiletto will never consider giving her vote to Mitt Romney unless he unequivocally repudiates these proxy baptisms and uses his vaunted leadership skills to impel the Mormon hierarchy to abandon it immediately and eternally.
Someone who died a Jew in a Nazi concentration camp “becomes” a Mormon years after death – without his consent, obviously, but also without the consent of his living descendants. Ditto Armenian Christians killed by Ottoman Turks. Imagine the emotional trauma proxy baptism causes surviving relatives and descendants of these victims.
Changing the religion of someone who was murdered in the Genocide or the Holocaust by proxy baptism is annihilating him a second time. The Stiletto will refrain from foisting her religious beliefs on Mormons – but in return she insists that they keep their mitts off her ancestors.
The U.S. Constitution declares that all men are created equal – which means The Stiletto’s religion is neither inferior nor invalid, as compared to Mormonism. But this arrogant and odious practice of proxy baptism suggests that Mormons judge their beliefs superior to everyone else’s. In a pluralistic, multiethnic nation as ours, anyone who believes (s)he follows “the one true” religion is de facto unfit to be president.
Not So Glad At GLAAD
Candy manufacturer Mars Inc. has yanked its Super Bowl commercial off the air in response to accusations of homophobia by three gay rights groups. In the multimillion dollars spot two male auto mechanics each bite into a Snickers bar from opposite ends, only to meet in the middle in an accidental lip lock. To prove that they are manly men, they feel compelled to pull out huge clumps of (their own) chest hair. A GLAAD spokesperson tells The Washington Post:
"I don't know what kind of mind-set it takes to think it's okay to slug another guy because of a mistaken kiss," said Neil G. Giuliano, president of Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, which objected to the ad. "It's just unacceptable."
Added Giuliano: "This is clearly the wardrobe malfunction of 2007," a reference to the Janet Jackson breast-baring incident during the Super Bowl's halftime show in 2004.
What is clear to The Stiletto is that GLAAD has no sense of humor. Didn’t it ever occur to Giuliano that the spot could have been poking fun of the men’s homophobia instead of demeaning homosexuals?
In an unrelated development, former president of the National Association of Evangelicals, the Rev. Ted Haggard has pronounced himself “completely heterosexual” after undergoing three weeks of counseling in
Just a comment on proxy baptisms--members of the LDS church may only submit names of their own ancestors for baptism. Sure, you can submit any name for inclusion into the geneological index, but that is not the same thing. Sooner or later, the obvious prank names--like Mickey Mouse--are weeded out. Also, it seems to me that if a person didn't believe the LDS church were the "true" church, why would they care if their ancestors were baptized by proxy? If someone decided to say my deceased grandma was Jewish or Muslim, or whatever, who cares. It doesn't really change anything.
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Many people wouldn't care. But as it happens, those whose family members were murdered because of their faith in the Genocide or the Holocaust do care very much. Anyone who objects to this pracice - it belittles the ultimate sacrifice of a Christian who was killed because he refused to convert to Islam or a Jew who was killed because he refused to hide his Jewishness or to become a Nazi collaborator - should have the right to ask that they and their antecedents be exempted from this practice. The Stiletto understands that Mormons mean well by performing proxy baptisms, but if the road to hell is paved with good intentions this is an example.
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And people have asked that (for their ancestors to NOT be baptized), and their request has been honored. A member of the LDS church cannot be baptized for anyone but an ancestor. The only exception to the "holocaust rule" would be in the case of a direct descendant of a holocaust victim (or a descendant of another person killed under like circumstances) who personally decides to have the ordinance done. Even then, it is not a public thing--it is a private ceremony and if any other person disagreed with it, I don't see how they'd even know. I don't know that anyone but an LDS reader would understand or agree with this sentiment at all, but church members obviously look on this as a blessing and a way made possible for everyone to have the opportunity to "accept" baptism, if they want to. Basically, church members believe that a spirit is eternal, and that those people who do not have the opportunity to accept baptism when they are alive may still have the opportunity after death. A person--I mean a deceased person--still has every right to reject the ordinance. So the baptism doesn't mean that the person is a Mormon, it just means that should the person decide to become one, the ordinance has been performed. I know, sounds wacky. Most religious ideas do. My mom points out that there was a Jewish rabbi in California somewhere who said he had no problem with it--but that he's draw the line at proxy circumcision. Ewwwww!
By the way, great website.
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The Stiletto guesses no one but a Mormon could understand proxy baptism. But if The Stiletto's wishes that she and her family not be baptized are honored then that's all she can hope for. Every one else will have to fend for themselves if they also want to make the request. Glad you liked the site. Maybe you'll find many other things we agree on and will be a frequent visitor.
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