Mormon.org has a short summary of Mormon baptism:
Jesus Christ taught that we must be baptised by immersion. He set the example Himself by being baptised to “fulfill all righteousness” (Matthew 3:15).
We are baptised for the remission of sins. (Acts 2:38, Acts 22:16). We are also baptised to become members of the Church of Jesus Christ, and to enter the kingdom of God (John 3:5).
Through the ordinance of baptism, we make a promise, called a covenant, with God. We promise to accept Christ, to become His followers, and to keep His commandments to the end of our lives. In return, our Heavenly Father promises to forgive our sins and let us return to live with Him, provided we keep our covenants.
This sounds so very Christian, doesn’t it? It is meant to. But don’t be fooled. As with all things Mormon, what they mean is very different than what the normal Christian means. This is most true when it comes to God. Who is this “God” that Mormons make a covenant with? According to Joseph Smith, the Father “was one as we are now, and is an exalted man like us. . . God himself, the Father of us all, dwelt on an earth” in a human body (Joseph Smith, History of the Church, vol. 6, p. 305). He was born the product of a sexual union with a previous god and goddess. Jesus, one of his sons, was too. In fact, Mormons teach that Jesus got married and had children! This is not the God of the Bible, and therefore Mormon baptism is not Christian baptism, but a deceptive baptism, meant to make you think you are being baptized as a Christian when in fact you are not.
“In fact, Mormons teach that Jesus got married and had children! This is not the God of the Bible, and therefore Mormon baptism is not Christian baptism, but a deceptive baptism, meant to make you think you are being baptized as a Christian when in fact you are not.”
If you are going to teach about baptism, then teach about baptism. The quote above is false. There is no LDS teaching that says that Jesus got married and had children. If you are going to state that then you must state the source in which you found this doctrine. Make sure that your facts are right before making libelous statements.
Also, the link to “mormon baptism” leads to nothing.
Indeed, this is an exact quote from Orson Hyde (1805-1878), an original member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, demonstrating that this was a teaching early on in Mormonism. He writes this in Journal of Discourses: of the general authorities of the lds church,” Vol. 2, p. 82. From the Introduction of the book we read many endorsements of the series, including this one from President George Q. Cannon, “The Journal of Discourses deservedly ranks as one of the standard works of the Church, and every rightminded Saint will certainly welcome with joy every number (issue) as it comes forth.” Others endorsing the work are Apostle Orson Pratt, President Joseph F. Smith, and Apostle Albert Carrington. Here is the full quote,
“Now there was actually a marriage; and if Jesus was not the bridegroom on that occasion, please tell who was. If any man can show this, and prove that it was not the Savior of the world, then I will acknowledge I am in error. We say it was Jesus Christ who was married, to be brought into the relation whereby he could see his seed, before he was crucified. ‘Has he indeed passed by the nature of angels, and taken upon himself the seed of Abraham, to die without leaving a seed to bear his name on the earth?’ [he does not reference the source of his own quote here]. No. But when the secret is fully out, the seed of the blessed shall be gathered in, in the last days; and he who has not the blood of Abraham flowing in his veins, who has not one particle of the Savior’s in him, I am afraid is a stereotyped Gentile, who will be left out and not be gathered in the last days; for I tell you it is the chosen of God, the seed of the blessed, that shall be gathered. I do not despise to be called a son of Abraham, if he has a down wives; or to be called a brother, a son, a child of the Savior, if he had Mary, and Martha, and several others, as wives; and though he did cast seven devils out of one of them, it is all the same to me.”
Read it here at: http://www.journalofdiscourses.org/volume-02/
If this teaching has been repudiated, then so be it, but I would like proof from you that this is so. But even if, it is clear that this was an acceptable position, which, from his first person plural pronoun usage (i.e. “WE say it was Jesus Christ who was married…”), and position in this esteemed and important collection of LDS teachings, makes it an acceptable, if not openly taught position in LDS history.