However, we Christians share a common definition of faith, encapsulated in the Nicene Creed. Since we share that, we are brethren in Christ, Lord, God and Savior, part of the Triune Godhead with the Father and the Holy Spirit.
Whatever else we may disagree with, we share that. With some like the Orthodox, Catholics - these are lungs of the same organism. With others it can be brothers or cousins in faith.
however, to stick to the theme of this particular thread, Mormonism is a separate, distinct religion.
If they wish to believe whatever they wish to believe, so be it, it is their free will to do so.
however, to say that Jesus is just one God of many is not Christian as it rejects the concept of ONE God, hence they are not Christian.
That’s what you get when you have private interpretation of scripture.
Arius and the Unitarians looked at scripture and got the opposite conclusion.
Tradition serves as the guardian of the proper interpretation of scripture.
The Nicene Christian tradition that most Protestants adhere to is just that TRADITION. It’s implicit in scripture, not explicit.
Mormonism is the offspring of some of the more radical traditions of the Radical Reformation that took private interpretation of scripture to extreme.
It’s not much of a stretch to go from saying that each and every Christian has the ability to independently interpret scripture to becoming like Joseph Smith or Mary Baker Eddy claiming to be prophets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_movement