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===Mormon doctrine: baptismal salvation for the unbaptized dead===
===Mormon doctrine: baptismal salvation for the unbaptized dead===
[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]] practices surrogate water-baptism for the salvation of the souls of the unbaptized dead, including infants, that they might be saved.<ref>[https://www.mormonwiki.com/Mormon_Beliefs:_Baptism_for_the_Dead Mormon Beliefs: Baptism for the Dead (mormonwiki.com)]</ref> This is based on their doctrinal interpretation of [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/1_corinthians/15-29.htm 1 Corinthians 15:29]{{cquote|Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead. (KJV)}}
[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]] practices surrogate water-baptism for the salvation of the souls of the unbaptized dead, including infants, that they might be saved.<ref>[https://www.mormonwiki.com/Mormon_Beliefs:_Baptism_for_the_Dead Mormon Beliefs: Baptism for the Dead (mormonwiki.com)]</ref> This is based on their doctrinal interpretation of [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/1_corinthians/15-29.htm 1 Corinthians 15:29]{{cquote|Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead. (KJV)}}
Mormon Apostle Mark E. Petersen explained this in just two short sentences. A just and righteous God would not punish the millions of people who have lived on the earth who never had the opportunity to learn of the gospel and baptism.
:“The Savior himself declared that he was God of both the living and the dead, ‘for all live unto him’ (Luke 20:38), showing that he regards them all in the same light.”
Baptism for the dead gives those who would have embraced Christ and His Church the opportunity to do so after death. Elder Mark E. Petersen went on to explain this fact:
:People who die without having been taught the gospel may yet be saved in the presence of God. This is made clear in the scriptures. But, how? That is the question. Jesus preached to the dead. The Apostle Peter taught this in his day, saying that after the death of the Savior, and while his body lay in the tomb, the Lord, as a spirit, went to the realm of the dead and there preached to the spirits of the people who previously had lived on the earth (1 Peter 3:18–20). Then he gives us the reason for this preaching: “For this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit (1 Peter 4:6).
==="They" not "We"===
==="They" not "We"===