[Grig]

"Has anyone else noticed that the 'Official' LDS organization can 'claim' that the rebel, jackleg Mormons are not REALLY Mormons (or LDS) but get REALLY huffy when Catholics and Protestants say that they are [not] 'christian'? "

A Mormon is a member of a specific church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It is quite factual to say that a person is is not a memeber is not a Mormon.

A Christian is one who professes a belief in Christ and follows a religion based on His teaching. Mormonism is based on the teaching of Christ (just not the orthodox view of them) and we do profess a belief in Christ. Look up 'christian' in the dictionay and you'll find no requirement for orthodoxy, so it is incorrect to say that Mormons are not Christian. Feel free to call us unorthodox Christians however.