Yet, betty boop has made statements that *implied Mormons are Christians
corrected statement, typing fail.
Bottom line, Mormons are our neighbors. We are to love our neighbors. And Jesus made it abundantly clear that "neighbor" also means people who do not believe as we do.
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
[Parable of the Good Samaritan] Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. - Luke 10:25-32
You seem to see in me only what you're looking for.... fitting me into some kind of template, so you can then beat me with a stick (apparently).
For the record, I define "Christian" as someone who believes in the Trinitarian God: One Eternal God in three Persons — Father, Son, and Holy Ghost — of One single indivisible divine Substance. In short, I hold to the Athanasian Creed.
I do not believe that God was once a man; I do not believe that a man can ever become a god.
God and man are two entirely different orders of Being and I do not believe that they can ever converge. Actually, God alone is Being: Man was created in His Image, and his existence is a participation in God's Being.
God's Name is I AM THAT AM: That is, pure sui generis eternal Being.
This is my belief....