[Avodah] Are there halachic issues with using the Mormon fmaily history web site?

[Zev Sero]

kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:

> I have heard that it is a goal of the Mormon church to accumulate as
> much of this information as they can, because at a certain point, when
> they have enough genealogical information about a person, they baptize
> that person by proxy. To me, this is a good enough reason to avoid
> giving them any information whatsoever, even if it is mutar to use the
> information they make available.

Why?  I have never understood why people get so upset about this Mormon
practise.


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