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This is a great story, and I'm glad that a simple tradition helped comfort a fellow human. But while I do understand that most people likely do not take the rel
by yati 10y ago
This is a great story, and I'm glad that a simple tradition helped comfort a fellow human. But while I do understand that most people likely do not take the religious reasons behind rituals too seriously, I find the following wicked:
> According to Buddhist belief, a baby who is never born can’t go to heaven, having never had the opportunity to accumulate good karma.
I'm no scholar in these matters, but almost every religion has some sort emotional torture built in for parents of miscarried/aborted children :(
- shanusmagnus 10y agoThe Mormons have a clever hack for this - on Fridays they have a group that "baptizes the dead" to make up for it. The true believers around here set great store by it.
- jdmichal 10y agoCatholicism isn't terrible in this regard, either. They actually take a rather agnostic approach, which is refreshing to see. http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/cti_documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20070419_un-baptised-infants_en.html http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/cti_d... Basic summary is that they rely on God to judge, and instead hope that He finds them worthy.
- erroneousfunk 10y agoThat's a big reason why genealogy is so important for the Mormons. They need to baptize past ancestors so they'll be able to see them in heaven.