**EDIT:
My mom found this article "Mormonism 101"
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To define "Mormons" for ya.

That title for this entry I hope will inspire some discussion. Apparently lots of folks still think we're a secretive, closed-off cult.

I want to answer questions, if someone has any, about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. No, I do not intend to preach here, nor offend! I have high respect for, well, I try and have a high respect for everybody and strongly believe that everyone deserves an equal chance.

Knowledge is power. People fear what they don't understand. For this reason many people seem to think Mormons are freaky cultists. I just want to clarify. (This is not a place for bashing anybody! Respect the rules that DeviantArt has put in place!)

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Please note, we are not the FLDS church who have been in the news in the whole Texas dealy.

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Okay, so to address the main question, are Mormons (which is a nickname given to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) Christian?

First
You need to define Christian.

People who believe in Jesus Christ? Jews and Muslims even believe that Jesus was at least a prophet and even then the man did actually lived.

So, how about we define it as "people who believe and follow the teachings of Jesus Christ". In that case, yes, Mormons are Christian.

Then comes the problem of how does one define Christ's Doctrine?
Some people think that Christians are people who accept the Nicene Creed (an attempt made a long time ago to unit the different interpretations of Chrisitianity) the LDS church... well, we feel God should define his laws, not man trying to appeal to what they think the people want to hear.

In high school, when I tried to join the local Christian Fellowship, I had the teacher/leader explain to me that some of the kids didn't think Mormons were Christians. She said that as long as I believed that Jesus was the only son of God and that he will save us all, that it was all fine and dandy.
Will that definition, I could see a loop-hole which didn't include Mormons: we believe that we are all spirit children of God, and the Jesus was his only begotten son in the flesh.

I heard once (RUMOR, I'd love for this to be clarified) that the RLDS (Community of Christ) changed their policies so that you don't have to believe anything about it's origins to be a member of the church. I heard that was so they could be a member of a group of "Christian" churches.
Now, if being a member of a church that was a member of this group is what it means to be Christian, than I'm happily not. I strongly believe in the Book of Mormon as a gospel of ancient American prophets, and that Joseph Smith Jr. was the man led to discover that book. If to be christian means to let go of that, than you're welcome to call me a freaky heathen!

Oh, and another thing: Mormons DO NOT practice polygamy! (the practice of having more than one wife) They did at one time, but this practice was abandoned before Utah even became a state. You have issues with the fact that they once did? All I ask is do you realize how many ancient prophets did? Abraham had Hagar and Sarah; Jacob had Leah, Rachel, Bilhah, and Zilpah.