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"Yet that's the issue when we get to the finer points. Christians believe the God of the Old Testament to be the same God of the New Testament. Not some god who himself has a heavenly father - that's a totally different God."
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I'm a Mormon (duh) and I'd be happy to answer any question you have as directly as I can, but like most practicers of a faith I am not an "authority." There are things I take on faith.

But let me ask you this. If I say the Mormons believe this, and you say but MY bible says that, then where does that get us? That was my point about prayer. In the end each of us must be prepared to live according to our faith and pray to know what is right. We can each believe that the other isn't praying "the right way," but in the end we have to move on and accept the real possibility that the difference of opinion can't be resolved. The question is, do we then make our minds to HATE the other person? I hope neither of our religions teaches that.

But let me ask you this. If I say the Mormons believe this, and you say but MY bible says that, then where does that get us?

We take it to the next level. When we get down to the details, Mormonism teaches the original manuscripts were lost and were in need of restoration. From where does this belief come? Mormons have no physical evidence to support their claim that biblical text was deleted, and in Mormons restoring the text we find text incompatible with Christianity. As you said, there is only one source of truth.