Mormon/LDS are Christian

I should be the one thanking you for instigating such an interesting, and shall I say, eternally important conversation. I will henceforth rebuff your arguments instead of proposing a second argument as to why Mormons are not Christians. A. To begin, I would like to question your source of the definition of a 'Christian'. I think it would logically make more sense to define a Christian using the biblical definition (and I hope you too would agree that this is the best and most helpful definition). So, let us examine a few scriptures regarding the definition of who is and who isn't a Christian. (1) Let us first look at the word 'Christian'. In the Bible (and I am only using the New Testament as it is one of the two books (the other being the Old Testament) we seem to both accept as authoritative) the word Christian appears 3 times in the Bible (in Acts 11:26; 28:26; 1 Peter 4:16). This word was used to describe disciples of Christ, and obviously stuck. So, it would follow to look into what the Bible says about becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ. (2) So we are searching for a biblical definition of a disciple of Christ. The definition of a disciple is someone who follows another. Thus applied to Christianity a disciple of Christ is one who follows Christ. To follow Christ is to follow His teachings. He taught that one must believe in Him to receive eternal life. Thus, the main criterion to be a disciple of Jesus is to believe in Him. But what does it mean to believe in Jesus? As this article (https://www.gotquestions.org...) asks, "Do you believe that Jesus is God in human form (John 1:1, 14)? Do you believe that Jesus died on the cross to pay the penalty for your sins (1 Corinthians 15:3; 2 Corinthians 5:21), for which you deserve eternal separation from God (Romans 6:23)? Do you believe that the sacrifice of Jesus, God incarnate, is the only adequate payment for your sins (1 John 2:2; John 14:6; Acts 4:12)? Do you believe these things? If so, great, but believing the facts about Jesus is only part of the equation. Biblical faith/belief is far more than believing certain things to be true. Biblical saving faith is also trusting/relying on those facts. A chair is a good illustration. You can look at a chair and believe it is made of materials strong enough to support your weight, and you can believe that it was assembled correctly. But that is not biblical faith. Biblical faith is sitting in the chair. It is actually relying on the chair to hold your weight off the ground." This again is biblically based. I think you would agree up to this point regarding what I have used to define a Christian. But the issue with Mormonism is that the Christ of the Bible is not the christ of Mormonism. The christ of Mormonism was conceived through sexual intercourse. Brigham Young stated: "The birth of the Savior was as natural as are the births of our children; it was the result of natural action. He partook of flesh and blood---was begotten of his Father as we were of our fathers" (Journal of Discourses vol.8, p.115); and "when the Virgin Mary conceived the child Jesus, the Father had begotten him in his own likeness [flesh and blood]. He was not begotten by the Holy Ghost" (Journal of Discourses, vol.1, p.50). Brigham Young insisted: "I will say that I was naturally begotten; so was my father, and also my Savior Jesus Christ...he is the first begotten of his father in the flesh, and there was nothing unnatural about it" (Journal of Discourses vol.8, p.211); "Now remember from this time forth, and for ever, that Jesus Christ was not begotten by the Holy Ghost" (Journal of Discourses, vol.1, p.51). Also, "Bruce McConkie (LDS apostle) states: "Christ was begotten by an Immortal Father in the same way that mortal men are begotten by mortal fathers" (Mormon Doctrine, p. 547, 1979). Carfred Broderick (Mormon author) writes: "God is a procreating personage of flesh and bone...latter-day prophets have made it clear that despite what it says in Matthew 1:20, the Holy Ghost was not the father of Jesus...The Savior was fathered by a personage of flesh and bone" (Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Autumn, 1967, p.100-101)." (http://wri.leaderu.com...) The Christ of the Bible is in spirit eternal, and uncreated. John 1 reads "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not." Jesus' physical earthly body is of the miraculous conception of the Holy Spirit. "The Lord Himself shall give you a sign: Behold a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel" (Is. 7:14). "Now the birth of Christ was as follows. When His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit"for that which was conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit" (Matt. 1:18,20). "Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I am a virgin?". And the angel answered and said to her "The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you"" (Luke 1:34-5)." The christ of Mormonism was a polygamist. Orson Pratt stated: "the great Messiah who was the founder of the Christian religion, was a polygamist...marrying many honorable wives himself"God the Father had a plurality of wives"the Son followed the example of his Father"both God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ inherit their wives in eternity as well as in time" (The Seer, p.172, 1853). Jedediah M. Grant stated: "the burst of public sentiment in anathemas upon Christ and his disciples, causing his crucifixion, was evidently based on polygamy"a belief of a plurality of wives caused the persecution of Jesus and his followers" (Journal of Discourses, vol. 1, p.346). The Christ of the Bible is the Bridegroom of the Church, His bride. "For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is head of the church...love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church...A man shall leave his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh. This mystery is great, but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church" (Eph 5:23-32). Also, the Bible forbids polygamy, calling it an abomination (Deut 17:17; see also section on polygamy). Since Jesus was a spotless lamb (1 Peter 1:19; Heb. 9:14) without sin (Is. 53:9; 2 Cor. 5:21), he could not have committed polygamy. Unfortunately, the 8,000 character limit prohibits me from listing more contrasts between the christ of Mormonism and the Christ of the Bible and history. To see a full list of these contrasts displaying why the christ of Mormonism is not the Christ of the Bible, please read this article: http://wri.leaderu.com.... This is at the heart of our disagreement. If the Messiah of the LDS church is the same as the Christ of the Bible, history, and Bible-believing Churches, then yes, Mormonism is a part of Christianity. But as has been displayed (though not to any degree exhaustively) here, this is not the case.