Mormon Plan for Polynesian Empire

[moksha]

Always difficult to know where to put topics. Clearly, this is not doctrinal nor is it a call for support. Creating a Mormon Empire in Polynesia seems political, and I've been told that the Coffee Shop is the place for politics since who among the faithful would be caught dead in a Coffee Shop?

Anyway, if any near-apostates wish to learn more about the 19th Century plans for a Mormon Empire in Polynesia, here is a fascinating short documentary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ5H-1I ... A&index=14

[wtfluff]

Always difficult to know where to put topics. Clearly, this is not doctrinal nor is it a call for support. Creating a Mormon Empire in Polynesia seems political, and I've been told that the Coffee Shop is the place for politics since who among the faithful would be caught dead in a Coffee Shop?

Anyway, if any near-apostates wish to learn more about the 19th Century plans for a Mormon Empire in Polynesia, here is a fascinating short documentary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ5H-1I ... A&index=14

Did the plans in your post happen before or after Iosepa, Dear Penguin?

[moksha]

Did the plans in your post happen before or after Iosepa, Dear Penguin?

The ill-fated Iosepa was after. One of the families that remained had really pretty great-granddaughters.

[Hagoth]

I can't help but wonder if this had something to do with the claim, starting with Brigham Young, that the Polynesians are descendants of Book of Mormon peoples; a way to claim ideological ownership of those people and their lands in the hopes that it would sway them in the desired political direction.