It seems to me you first must start with the question “Who is God”? Historical and orthodox Christianity has always understood God as Trinity, with Jesus as the unique Son of God, who came into the world and became man for one purpose, to die on the cross as the one atoning sacrifice that was acceptable to God the Father. Because Jesus died and rose from the dead, His Body will never die again and therefore the Holy Spirit was sent into the world to gather all who will be saved into the Body of Christ on earth, the Church. Mormons reject this Gospel wholecloth, and Joseph Smith himself stated that all known were false and therefore he needed to “restore” the Church. So, it seems to me, he excluded himself from what has always been historic and orthodox Christianity.
Here is one test that will determine if what you believe is Christian or not. If you can’t name at least 10 Christians from each century, you must hold beliefs that don’t comport with historical and orthodox Christianity.
Another test would be if you hold to the Nicene Creed.
As I stated in a thread yesterday, there are many on this site that attack the LDS for their novel beliefs, but they themselves hold other novel beliefs and would fail my two part test.
If people heeded John 17 and 1 Corinthians 1:10, it would be clearer to the world whois a Christian and who is not. But, we live in a time of religous Babylon, where men build their own way, rather than being One Church as in the Bible.
I was just thinking of pinging you.
Not sure even I could name 10 Christians from each century.
Good exercise though. What purpose would that serve?