I will try this one more time, but I have my doubts it will be listened to this time, either.
First: What you would not do to a person--or their name--when they are living should not be done to them--or their name--once they have passed on.
Second: The Kingdom is God's gift to us, not something we can earn and certainly not something another person can earn for us.
Third: Holy Ground. This should be familiar to you. Only members of good standing in the LDS faith may enter LDS Temples. By the same token, I consider Joseph Smith and Mormon part of your Holy Ground, and therefore rarely comment on them let alone enter any in depth discussion about them when it comes to their religious beliefs/actions. Secular, public acts are fair game.
Catholics hold different beliefs from those of the LDS faith. Our different beliefs (such as one baptism, etc) is our Holy Ground. If it is LDS expectation that Catholics not enter an LDS temple, then it is not unreasonable to expect the LDS Church respect the One Baptism of my belief.
No church should trespass on another's Holy Ground.
Once a person dies, you do not know what they are now thinking. People who thought death was final now know they were wrong. They get to communicate with others including missionaries called from those in Paradise to teach and preach to them as Jesus did when he went to the spirits who had died. So, why should good people who would have wanted to be baptized by proper authority too be denied baptism and entrance into the highest kingdom of glory in heaven? Are you that obtuse to force those who want baptism now that they know for sure to be denied baptism? Where is your faith, hope and charity?
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The kingdom is not the gift. The gift is that our bodies will not be left in the grave. We will all be resurrected. Just not all into Heaven. And, not all in the highest degree of Heaven (First Corinthians Chapter 15).
Well, you have said Joseph was a liar and other things. Just saying that Temple work for the dead counters what you just said about "Holy Ground."
In logic and reasoning lessons, one learns that the opposite is not true (some times it can be). If A, then B; If Be, then A is false most of the time. There is One faith, One Lord, One Baptism. Not many. What makes the faith, Lord and baptism the one? Authority to minister and teach. If one has not received the Gift of the Holy Ghost, then one cannot teach through the Holy Ghost and thus doctrines and ordinances are not valid as the "One." Does that make the people who received the false baptisms bad people? Of course not. Neither does it make the priests and other leaders in various churches bad people. Most are doing the best they can with what they have, the non-fullness of the Gospel. They don't have that second witness to confirm the first witness. Two or more witnesses are necessary. 2Corinthians 13:1, "This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established." Not one. Thus, The Bible needs a second witness. The Book of Mormon is another testimony or witness of Jesus Christ being the Savior of the World. In fact, we have two more books or witnesses, The Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price. But, this all doesn't mean that we are not allowed to converse with other churches like the JWs believe. We like to find common ground and work for the betterment of our communities. The LDS Church has partnered with the Catholic Charities to help disperse assistance we give around the world. Our Prophets have met with the Popes and are good friends. When the tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma several years ago, I had friends who gathered together in our "Helping Hands" group and partnered with several other churches to help the people of Oklahoma recover. We didn't try to convert them nor they try to convert us. There is common ground. In our community, our ministerial association works with helping the homeless, poor and needy and other needs of the community in which I'm a member of. We don't sit there trying to convert. There is a time and a place for that sort of thing.
