The idea that proxy baptism for the dead has any effect is predicated on the belief that there is an afterlife and that the individual has the ability to accept or reject the ordinance.
Not really, a proxy baptism might make those still alive feel better about themselves or their ancestors, and of course it solves one of the theological conundrums of purgatory.
My point is that the dead are dead, no matter what anyone of any belief chooses to think. Just because a group of people think or believe something doesn't actually make it so.
I guess they have a fax machine or something in a corner in some room in SLC? Or maybe some sort of special courier service to ferry the communiques to the various other-denominational Heavens? A really secret interoffice mail envelope?
I mean at a certain point doesn't this just turn into grown adults playing pretend?
The idea that proxy baptism for the dead has any effect is predicated on the belief that there is an afterlife and that the individual has the ability to accept or reject the ordinance.