Anyone remotely familiar with what the Mormon Church teaches and historically what Protestants believe, COULD NOT CONFUSE THE TWO.
Mormonism is a bizarre cultish fantasy, started by a man named Joseph Smith with the two fold purpose to make money and score with women ( mostly other mens wives )
The beliefs of Mormons DENY ALL HISTORICAL CHRISTIAN BELIEFS, including the Trinity and salvation by grace.
Protestants, those that broke from the Catholic Church in the 16th century, for the most part accept many historical Christian doctrines ( deity of Jesus Christ, the Trinity, salvation by grace, etc ), but many denied other historical Christian doctrines such as baptismal regeneration, the Real Presence in the Eucharist, apostolic succession, etc.
Many other religious movements have sprung up after the Reformation and justify their existence on the Protestant belief that there is not one universal visible Church so anyone is free to start their own “church” and away we go...
I hold no brief for Protestantism, as I think it goes against the peace and unity of the Christian Church as taught in John 17 and 1 Corinthians 1.
But Mormons teach that both the Catholic Church and Protestants are the whore of Babylon described in Revelation 17.......THEY ARE NOT PROTESTANT AND THEY ARE NOT CHRISTIAN.
“THEY ARE NOT PROTESTANT AND THEY ARE NOT CHRISTIAN”
I’m not denying the truth of that statement. :-)
Of the 14 core doctrines of the Christian faith, both Catholics and Protestants agree. Mormons do not agree on a single one.