The Americanized Indo-European LDS Gospel & The Case for a Mormon Peoplehood as a Quasi-Ethnic Identity and Unique Cultural Identity via Plural Marriage (Blog Series)

 

Original Mormonism as an Americanized Gospel of Mostly European Converts as "Ephraimites" in the 1800s:

• Introduction: The Case for Identifying Mormonism as a Pro-European "American Gospel"

• Emergent-Mormonism: How Smith Evolved Away from Anti-Body Pauline-Evangelicalism to a More Pro-Body Indo-European Spirituality & Pre-1800 versus Post-1900 Mormonism 

• Northern Indo-European Converts that formed Zion in America in the 1800s as a Seed-Gene Planted Ensign

• Article on American European Ephraimites & Joseph Smith Descending from an Irish Chieftain 

• Mormonism as an Indo-European Christian Philosophy as a Christo-European Ethos

• Mormonism as a Gateway to Renaissance Enlightenment Humanism & Christo-European Theology

• An Emerging LDS Theology: From Early 1830s Apollonian/Augustinian LDS-Protestantism toward a more Dionysian/Jehovian European-Christianity after 1840

• How LDS Doctrine Teaches that Mormons Are Literal Descendants of Israel: Excerpts from Brad Wilcox's book "Born to Change the World"

• Section from Encyclopedia of Mormonism on Ephraim

• From Gene Swapping Out Gentile DNA and Making Celibate Male-Brides to instead Kingly Male Gods with Wives & The Restoration of an Indo-European "Mormon" Tribal Identity: Joseph Smith's Response to the Emasculating Unmasculine Versions of Christianity of His Day

• William Hyde & Building the Tribe of Ephraim

• Odin & The Hardy Vikings: A Few Pages from an Early Mormon Booklet & The Tradition of Viking-looking Nephites by Arnold Friberg

• Disclaimer Regarding The Utah Genealogical Society & "Mormon Israelism"

• Excerpts from Birthright Blessings: Genealogical Training Class Sunday School Lessons (1942)

• Notes on Nephites in Europe by The Joseph Smith Foundation (Season 1, Episodes 1-2)

• Joseph Smith Declared Orson Hyde was "Jewish" by Referring to His "Forefathers in Jerusalem" & He Was to be a Watchman Unto the House of Israel

The Case for Mormon People as a Quasi-Ethnic Identity and Unique Culture via the Selection Process of Plural Marriage and Male Kingdom Building in the 1800s:

•   Gene-Culture Coevolution & The Domestication of The Mormon People

•  Ex-Mormon Jonathan Streeter argues for the "Truth" of Mormonism by Seeing Mormonism as an Evolutionary Living Framework of Action, Ideals, Tradition and Heritage

•  Nauvoo Polygamy as Nietzschean-like Selective Breeding of Supercouples toward Creating a separate "Nicer" People (Peoplehood as The Kingdom of God)

•  Birthing the Mormon People through Plural Marriage by Selecting for Elect Men to Bear Noble Preexistent Spirits & Grow in Power and Dominion

•  Evidence that Mormon's are "Nicer" i.e. More "Christian" than Others through a Selection Process of Personality types and Character traits 

•  Big 5 Personality Theory & How Mormon Culture Filters in more Agreeable, Conscientious, and Friendly People

•  The New Covenant of the Priesthood and 1800s Plural Marriage as the Means to the End of Raising Up a Righteous Seed (Peoplehood) and Generating Zion as a Circle of Friends

•  William Hyde & Building the Tribe of Ephraim

•  The LDS "Good" as Life Affirming & Species Preserving: Jacob 5 on Ripe Fruit Bearing Seeds in Good Cultural Soil to Grow Healthy Peoplehood

•  The Kingdom of Heaven as Selecting for Good Fathers with Civilizing Ideas, Upright Behavior Habits & a Receptive Child-like Attitude Passed Down from the Lineage of Patriarchal Fathers projected onto the Father God-idea that encapsulates Healthy Fatherhood and Tribal Fairness, Unity and Civility