Blessing and Naming LDS Babies

[_Infymus]

But if you ain't Mormon and get a Mormon blessing, well, then you are better off dead.

You must have had some really rotten bishops. I don't think any of mine would ever ascribe to that thought.

Oh I've had my share of asshole Bishops. What is most painful now is thinking about all of the years I actually thought these men were ordained of God. That they had some kind of special power that allowed them to see what I could not see. That I actually allowed them to lead me around thinking the whole time it was God's will.

In the end, I simply ended up wasting more of my years to the Cult that I cared to.

[_moksha]

I never took it that way. I just thought it was a way to formally present the newest member of the ward family, to establish their membership within the tribe as it were.

I think this is essentially correct. After the amen chant, they hold the baby aloft for all the members of the ward tribe to see.

[_Mercury]

http://www.whymormons.net/2008/06/blessing-and-naming-children.html

Does God reserve some special curse or physical calamity to befall a newborn child if it isn't blessed? Perhaps we could argue that the reason a child dies of starvation every three seconds on this planet is because they weren't properly blessed in Mormonism, or any other religion, for that matter.

Smug, self righteous Mormons seem to think they have the copyrighted rights to the word "Blessings".

Walked my daughter past the local Mormon Bishop who was out in his yard. He asked if I was going to bring her down and have her blessed. I responded to him that I was no longer a member of his Cult. I also explained to him that by providing for my daughter in every way possible including food, clothing and love was more of a blessing that his Cult could ever provide.

Of course, to Mormons, you can be the cleanest, most perfect human in the world. But if you ain't Mormon and get a Mormon blessing, well, then you are better off dead.

You just showed him that you were a jerk though so the part about being clean and perfect is kinda funny.

He was just giving back what the asshat bishop initiated. If the dickwad who calls himself bishop were to do the same to me I would have given it right back to him in due form.

[_The Nehor]

You just showed him that you were a jerk though so the part about being clean and perfect is kinda funny.

Yes, I showed my neighbor of 20 years that I was a jerk. I distinctly remember you being there, right?

Well, it's possible you were much nicer and didn't call the Church a cult when you did it and you in fact very kindly told him that you consider it a greater blessing that you would feed, clothe, and teach the child and didn't point out that this was greater then anything his 'Cult' (your words) could provide.

If this is the case, I rescind calling you a jerk and instead call you two-faced. Fair enough?