I've always taken comfort in the idea that if Mormonism is the one true faith, I can get into heaven without having to believe in all the weird stuff they do as long as my great-great-grandnephew converts and remembers to posthumously baptize me.

Which is why Orson Scott Card's idea of a Speaker For the Dead struck such a strong chord with me.

That's what I'm planning on having at my funeral. I'm gonna have to write up a journal of my fuck-yous and thank-yous to get them to say

*tilts head* See, okay, I can understand [kinda, sorta, still not really] doing that for someone who died y'know, yesterday. Or last week. Maybe even last month. But -

Well, that's how it started, from what I've read. One of Joseph Smith's little brothers died suddenly right after birth, in the manner of pre-antiseptic unassisted home childbirths -- so suddenly that he never got a chance to be baptized. Smith couldn't stand the idea that his brother couldn't go straight to Heaven because of Earthly circumstances, but couldn't square infant blessedness with original sin. Instead of doing something sensible and challenging Saint Augustine, he decided he could go ahead and baptize his brother anyway. Now, I don't agree with this move... but I can understand why he did it.

All the rest is the result of fundamentalists who took this tiny loophole and widened it to its logical endpoint. Which is, btw, why Mormons haven't stopped doing it even when the bishops agreed not to do it. Who cares what the boss says? This is right!!! and to Sheol with anyone who says otherwise. (Including the people we are 'saving'.)

I would find it annoying if that actually became part of the process of the afterlife.  "Hi! Would you like a free offer to switch at the last minute to MORMONISM?" .......

.... it's posthumous spam. That's what it is.

...scared of my pressure cooker.  I've never used one before.

...also very happy for my wife, who got a job in her own field.

..Creating stuff with perler beads. SO MUCH FUN!

... starving (but I will wait for the Mrs. to get home so she doesn't eat alone)

...contemplating starting up a thread for talkin' 'bout teh babbeez, so as to make it easier for forumites who prefer to avoid such discussions to do so. Thoughts?

Nooooooooo!

We love hearing about babies! Forum babies are worthwhile babies - unlike some little whippersnappers, they have awesome parents and thus their exploits are interesting and often made of win.

Besides, we already have many threads that go well with baby stuff - Happy Thoughts, Daily Revelations, WTMI, PYP, Contains Cute Things.

But, come to think of it, an all-babies-all-the-time network thread might also be a worthwhile addition

...having a much nicer birthday than last year. Of course, considering that last year I broke my leg and had to have urgent orthopedic surgery, that is not a terribly high bar to surpass.

...would love a baby things thread but do not think that this should require exile of all baby things to that thread. Exceptions may be made for controversial topics such as poop.

...glad Catfish's birthday is better than last year's!

...very hungry.

Thanks! And, well, you're still eating for two...