Interesting posit cc, one that is spot on.
I know many mormons who will not listen to Christian radio, watch Christian programming on television or read Christian publications/books. Will not, under any circumstance, acknowledge the Cross.
They shop exclusively at mormon bookstores for religious related items/books, watch the BYU channel and subscribe to mormon only magazines.
If, as they claim, they are “Christian”, why the supposed aversion to anything Christian?
Hmmm....
For some reason, Mormons don't use the crucifix--one never sees one atop a Mormon church. When I run into Mormon missionaries, I always ask them why they don't use the crucifix, as do most if not all Christian denominations, but I have never been given a satisfactory answer.
(Which, btw, even the Mormon church concedes in one of the articles below):
No-Cross Protocol ["New" Mormon tradition]
Sunstone speaker attempts to explain LDS 'aversion' to cross [published by Lds church-owned DesNews]
Hmm...doesn't seem to fit in with Jeff Head's "testimonial I'm a Christian, too" commercial on this site re: his comments on the atonement, eh? Somebody's at odds with someone else Mormon-wise here!
That is a very important point.
Mormons claim the mantle of "Christian" yet they separate themselves from all of Christendom. If they were "Christians" they would not be averse to listening to Christian radio, listening to sermons of other "denominations" attending churches of other "denominations". Further they would open their Temple up to other "Christians" who are of as "good a moral character" as themselves.
Mormons want to be numbered among the "Christians" but they refuse to number the Christians among them.
This is not just a denominational separatism. This is a complete separation from all other "sects" of "Christianity." They do not want to associate with other Christians, yet they take offense when someone says they are not Christians themselves. If they were "Christians," they would treat all other "Christians" as their Brothers. They would recognize the baptism of other denominations as valid.
The bottom line is that Mormonism is Mormonism and Christianity is Christianity.
The Apostle Paul will tell you why:
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18
That passage suggests that Paul wouldn't see Mormons as Christians. Christians run TO the cross, unbelievers run AWAY from the cross.