Again, I think Mormonism’s teachings about the afterlife, and most everything else, are untrue, and posthumous baptism of non-Mormons nothing more than a fond hope and gesture by Mormons.

In singing about his preference to “go to hell together” with his family, David pays homage to his Mormon roots just as he powerfully subverts certain conceptions of the afterlife. The basic ...

but the baptisms do not automatically convert dead people to Mormonism. Under church teachings, the rituals provide the deceased a choice in the afterlife to accept or reject the offer of baptism.

With it, nothing can get in our way. I would like to ask you some questions about the afterlife. I've spoken to a range of scholars, both Mormons and non-Mormons, who have said to me that the ...