Mormons are Christians - Apologetic Setup [01]

Just because I don't revisit a point for a second defense, doesn't mean I concede. It means I'm not changing my answer.To expand on previous points:Point 1: Mormons are not Christians: How Mormons View Christians:================================= Mormon Opinion on Christians (Non Mormons)- Both Catholics and Protestants are nothing less than the 'whore of Babylon' whom the Lord denounces by the mouth of John the Revelator as having corrupted all the earth by their fornications and wickedness. Any person who shall be so corrupt as to receive a holy ordinance of the Gospel from the ministers of any of these apostate churches will be sent down to hell with them, unless they repent"- Apostle Orson Pratt proclaimed, The Seer, p. 255"After the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized, there were only two churches upon the earth. They were known respectively as the Church of the Lamb of God and Babylon. The various organizations which are called churches throughout Christendom, though differing in their creeds and organizations, have one common origin. They all belong to Babylon"- George Q. Cannon said, Gospel Truth, p.324 "When the light came to me I saw that all the so-called Christian world was grovelling in darkness."- Prophet Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 5:73 "Christians—those poor, miserable priests brother Brigham was speaking about—some of them are the biggest whoremasters there are on the earth, and at the same time preaching righteousness to the children of men. The poor devils, they could not get up here and preach an oral discourse, to save themselves from hell; they are preaching their fathers' sermons —preaching sermons that were written a hundred years before they were born. ...You may get a Methodist priest to pour water on you, or sprinkle it on you, and baptize your face foremost, or lay you down the other way, and whatever mode you please, and you will be damned with your priest."- Apostle Heber C. Kimball, Journal of Discourses, 5:89"...the Book of Mormon remains secure, unchanged and unchangeable, ...But with the Bible it was not and is not so....it was once in the sole and exclusive care and custody of an abominable organization (Christianity), founded by the devil himself, likened prophetically unto a great whore, whose great aim and purpose was to destroy the souls of men in the name of religion. In these hands it ceased to be the book it once was."- Apostle Bruce R. McConkie, The Joseph Smith Translation, pp. 12, 13No salvation without Joseph Smith. The first human, born of sin, to carry authority over salvation?!?!?! ====================== [There is] "no salvation without accepting Joseph Smith. If Joseph Smith was verily a prophet, and if he told the truth...no man can reject that testimony without incurring the most dreadful consequences, for he cannot enter the kingdom of God"- Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 1, p.190"No man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph Smith...every man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith, junior, as a passport to their entrance into the mansion where God and Christ are... [Joseph Smith] reigns there as supreme a being in his sphere, capacity, and calling, as God does in heaven. Many will exclaim—"Oh, that is very disagreeable! It is preposterous! We cannot bear the thought!" But it is true."- Prophet Birgham Young, Journal of Discourses, vol. 7, p.289-91"If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him [Joseph Smith]; if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority he has received. We cannot get around him [Joseph Smith]"- Apostle George Q. Cannon, as quoted in 1988 Melchizedek Priesthood Study Guide, p. 142Mormons believe Islam has is better than Christianity============================ "The Greek and Roman Churches, which have been called Christian, and which take the name of Christians as a cloak, have worshipped innumerable idols. On this account, on the simple subject of the Deity and His worship, if nothing more, I should rather incline, of the two, after all my early traditions, education, and prejudices, to the side of Mahomet, for on this point he is on the side of truth, and the Christian world on the side of idolatry and heathenism."- Apostle Parley P. Pratt, Journal of Discourses In review: Joseph Smith (1st LDS President: 1830-1844) taught all non-Mormon churches are wrong, and that their creeds are an "abomination" and that Mormons are the only true church. Brigham Young (2nd LDS President; 1847-1877) taught the Christian world is "groveling in darkness and are heathens." John Taylor (3rd LDS President; 1880-1887) taught Christians are as spiritually ignorant as the brute beast. Joseph Fielding Smith (10th LDS President; 1970-1972) affirmatively quotes Joseph Smith that all the "Christian" churches were in error. Spencer W. Kimball (12th LDS President: 1973–1985) taught Mormonism is the only true church Bruce McConkie (Mormon Apostle; 1915-1985) declared the "church of the devil is modern, apostate Christianity in all its parts" and only faithful Mormons are true Christians. Gordon B. Hinckley, (LDS 15th President; 1995-2008) continued the deceitful practice of redefining Christian to mean the faithful Mormon and then declares Mormons are Christian. =============================================================================Point 2: What is important to God Pro said - I don't know if there is an 'official' Mormon standpoint on what is most important to God, but as they believe in the Bible, I suppose it would be the following: (Matthew 22:36-40) Answer: Well, there is an official Christian standpoint. We find it in the Bible.You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified (Isaiah 49:3). Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth, every one who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory. (Isaiah 43:6-7)For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.” (Romans 9:17)And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen. (Exodus 14:4, 18; cf. v. 17)I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out. (Ezekiel 20:l4)Thus says the Lord God, It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name.. . . And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name. . . . And the nations will know that I am the Lord. (Ezekiel 36:22-23; cf. v. 32)The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood. (John 7:l8)In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 5:16; cf. 1 Peter 2:12)How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God? (John 5:44)Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. (John 14:13)But for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name.’ Then a voice came from heaven, ‘I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again’ (John 12:27-28). I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins. (Isaiah 43:25)Welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. (Romans 15:7)So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God (l Corinthians 10:31; cf. 6:20). Mormonism teaches that men can become Gods. While the entire scripture is based on the reconciliation of mankind to God, for the glory of God, Mormonism teaches that we being housebroken for our own glory.