A Las Vegas man is suing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for medical expenses after he injured his back in 2007 performing baptisms for the dead.
In a civil suit filed in 3rd District Court on Wednesday, Daniel Dastrup claims he suffered a severe herniated disk in his lumbar spine after performing about 200 baptisms on Aug. 25, 2007. The then 25-year-old claims some of the young men and women he completely immersed in water in the name of the dead weighed as much as 250 pounds.
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Like all good cult members, Daniel Dastrup could not use his own mind to refuse an unlawful order.
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Surely there is a pun to be extracted about dead weight and dead works and burdens bound on ones back
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“I ride a skateboard. I have a tattoo. I rock out on X-box. I only have one wife (now). I lift heavy people in and out of the water during secret rituals at my temple. I have a lawyer. I’m just like other cool people, and I’m a Mormon.”
I can’t wait for the next commercial.
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