Based on the doctrines and documents on which the LDS is based, clearly a charade, and always has been. For decades, it was nearly impossible to crack into the “back room” of the LDS. The notion of godheads and some alien planet were dimissed publicly. Anyone rejecting the LDS was simply marginalized. Not anymore. The documents are out for the world to see. The light now shines on the nonsensical foundation of the LDS as a “Christian” church.
If a practicing member of the LDS wants to state that they are saved by grace through Jesus Christ, so be it, but they are confused, not me.
So I gather you have been to the Church and investigated it for youself?