The Emergent Mormon Perspective

An Unorthodox Nondenominational Approach to Mormonism through the "Lens" of Marcus Borg, John Spong, and Nietzsche's Affirmation of Bodily Life: An Option for Navigating a Faith Crisis and Soaring above the Abyss of Nihilism & Appreciating the Good in One's Mormon Heritage (on the Inside or Outside of the LDS System)

Thursday, January 1, 2026

Why I'm "Mormon" (& Not Protestant, Catholic, Buddhist or Atheist)

 

  • Bullet Point List of Why I'm a "Worldview-Mormon": Or Why I'm Not a Catholic, Protestant, or Secular-Atheist  & Want the LDS Church to Thrive (Even If/When I'm not a Chapel-Mormon)


  • My Journey: Reconstructing a New Mormon Worldview

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  • The Americanized Indo-European LDS Gospel & The Case for a Mormon Peoplehood as a Quasi-Ethnic Identity (Blog Series)
      Original- Mormonism as an Americanized Gospel of Mostly European Converts as "Ephraimites" in the 1800s:   Disclaimer:  Note th...
  • Introduction & Core Theory of The Emergent Mormon Perspective
    Nietzsche once said, “You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.” I tend ...
  • An Introduction to 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
    The simplest way to explain the difference between my Emergent Mormon paradigm and the traditional Brighamite /LDS Mormon paradigm, is that...

START HERE: Begin with the Introduction below. Followed by My Other Websites and Blog Series

  • INTRODUCTION: Sart Here
  • "Emergent Mormonism" Defined & Explained
  • Joseph Smith through Nietzsche's Eyes
  • DNA Mormon (or Heritage-Mormon)
  • "Independent Mormon" (Nondenominational Mormonism) Blog Series
  • Defense of the "Brethren" (Brighamite Sect)
  • "Ephraimite Europeans?": Original Mormonism as a Uniquely Pro-European Americanized Gospel  (Blog Series)
  • "Supercouples": Appreciating Your Polygamist Pioneer Ancestors through the Perspective of the Book "Selective Breeding" by Aramariu
  • The Case Against ExMormon Nihilism
  • Sex, Gods, & Power: "Body Affirming LDS-Christianity"
  • Mormonism on Power & Equality: Money, Power and Ambition in Zion
  • The LDS Priesthood
  • Original LDS Godhead
  • Theosis: Grace & Deification in the Restoration
  • "Worthy Already" by Grace: True Meaning of Sin & Repentance
  • My Other Site: Rethinking Mormonism
  • My Practical Christianity website
  • Articles & Websites I Recommend
  • Resources (Restoration Scriptures & Other Links)

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