Mormonism is only under the umbrella of christian if christian has no meaning.
It’s a different religion I’d say more like Islam. I don’t put Mohammad under the umbrella of christian either.
Islam says that God is so utterly transcendant that the only relationship you can have with him is one of a slave to his master. Mormonism says that God is so utterly un-transcendant that you can become a god just like him someday, if you follow the rules.
Both extremes are absolutely wrong, of course.
One of my professors in Bible college said that Mormonism follows the same model as Islam. I thought about it, and that is a very true statement. Only the terms and names change: but it is the same play book.
oh the door you opened!
those folks I mentioned.
better sit down .... those same folks that put LDS under ‘christianity’, put ‘judaism’, ‘christianity’, and mohammedanism under the umbrella of .....
‘abrahamic faith’!
i think you might noodle that one out, without any help from me.