Transfering/Imputing Sins from one man to another

[Bandit]

Originally Posted by InLove

Hear, hear, Luna!

Bandit--I don't know if there is any connection here, but I have heard that in some traditions, descendents of people who have died actually are baptized on behalf of the deceased. Please, someone, correct me if I am wrong, but I was told that this was a Morman practice.

The two practices seemed to go together, somehow, so I thought I would throw this out there and see what comes back.

InPeace,
InLove

I think this may be true. It seems they get the burial/baptism part mixed up with the death/repentance part. Baptism washes our own sins away, not takes on or remits other peoples sins. LOL or at least that is how I see it.

[Bandit]

Originally Posted by Quahom1

SIN-EATER, a man who for trifling payment was believed to take upon himself, by means of food and drink, the sins of a deceased person. The custom was once common in many parts of England and in the highlands of Scotland, and survived until recent years in Wales and the counties of Shropshire and Herefordshire. Usually each village had its official sin-eater to whom notice was given as soon as a death occurred. He then went to the house, and he sat down in front of the door. A groat, a crust of bread and a bowl of ale were handed him, and after he had eaten and drank he rose and pronounced the ease and rest of the dead person, for whom he thus pawned his own soul. The earlier form seems to have been more realistic, the sin-eater being taken into the death-chamber, and, a piece of bread and possibly cheese having been placed on the breast of the corpse by a relative, the sin-eater, would eat this in the presence of the dead.

The Sin Eater usually lived at the edge of the village, and children were warned to stay away from him. He was loathed by the townfolk, but considered an absolute necessity at the same time.

Is this what you were thinking about Bandit?

v/r

Q

YES. This is exactly what I remember about it. And the flick I saw years ago was English & I believe in London so you hit it right. I pulled up a few things about it on the Web. SIN-EATER is right.
It reminded me more of a Creature Feature when I saw it. Then later saw it on Star trek & that is when I realized some people must believe in it.

The one I saw, the son was right next to the open casket talking to him, then starting eating this huge table of food...grapes, apples, cheese, breads & meats.
I wonder how much they get paid to do that.

[Bandit]

Originally Posted by dailogue is the best

hi, brother bandit,

thank you for the information, but does not it sound like the original sin? according to the New Testament, as a result of Adam's mistake, people are born with a hreditary sin they are not responsible of.

with my best wishes

Hello dailogue is the best & welcome to CR my brother .

The only thing is, God does not hold one mans sins against another man & require or charge another person to pay for others sins. This would make God a monster & an unjust/unrighteous Judge.

Though a curse may be passed down for one mans trangression & that is what we were under, through Adam.

Like, we do not answer for what Pharao or Charles Manson did. Yes all are born into sin & I believe all, but at the same time what has been broken for us is the curse of death, through Jesus.
The sin nature still remains even after we recieve the Holy Ghost & we strive for perfection walking in the Spirit until the Great Appearing of our Lord & Savior, Jesus.

It gets a bit detailed in the scripture, but that is how I understand it.