I am a Mormon, and very happy to be one. I have been blessed to associate with fellow church members for over 25 years, and have found them to be people who are trying to have a positive influence in the world, in the communities in which they live, and raise families who love God and love one another. From the time I joined the church until now, I have heard the same faith over and over again expressed from my friends in the church: that God is real, that Jesus Christ is the Savior of mankind, and that our mission and duty is to love and serve Him. I have no doubt at all that Jesus is the Messiah, and my Savior, that he lived, suffered, died on the cross, and rose from the dead, and that he now reigns in the heavens and will at some future point return to the earth as King of kings and Lord of lords. That’s what my faith is rooted in, and that’s the faith I have heard expressed by my fellow church members time and again.
And yet you have left out anything that rings of the uniqueness of MormonISM.
...that Jesus Christ is the Savior of mankind...
I've posted PLENTY of Mormon FACTS, scripture and quotes from the religious organization based in Salt Lake City.
You have chosen to address none of them; but at least you have responded as a representative of The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints.
I've also known gutter trash such as the stinky cabal who follows these threads around on Free Republic and elsewhere promoting the "Mormons aren't Christians" or "Mormons promote gay marriage" or other similar ridiculous themes. They basically fall under three categories.
The "evidence" which they offer to support these themes is based on spotlighting the exceptions as the rule. i.e. Butch Cassidy was raised as a Mormon, but he robbed banks. Or their own private interpretation of scripture. Or the fact that the majority of Christians have a different view of the relationship of the three different parts of the trinity than do Mormons.
Those who don't fall into the gutter trash category (i.e. those who would've gladly stoned Stephen for his unorthodox preaching) are overwhelmingly in the final category.
On the final category, I do have to say that the Mormons have a very strong and compelling case both from the scriptures and the historical perspective. The baptism of Jesus puts all three elements of the trinity as separate entities . . . the earthly Jesus with a mortal body, the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove and the voice of God the father from heaven plus John 3:16 and numerous others which put Jesus as the only begotten son of God.
The historical case also puts the mainstream view of the trinity as originating from the Nicene Creed, a 4th century interpretation of Christianity which became mainstream by Constantine's burning of Arian books, exiling of Donatist clergy, and even his early attempts to reconcile Roman paganism with Christianity. In the very least, Constantine was not a nice man in these early years.
The bottom line is that if mainstream Protestants can claim the right to rebel against the Catholic church against the Christian mainstream as was constituted in the 16th century, then there is nothing illogical about Mormons (or anyone else) claiming the right to rebel against the Christian mainstream as it became constituted in the 4th century.
Thus, if God even has a favorite church, it will only be found in one of the following branches:
A. Catholicism, including the Eastern Orthodox variants, all of which claim apostolic succession from St. Peter, the rock upon which Christ built his church.
B. Restorationism, of which the Mormons are the largest sect by far.
C. The ancient purity of Christianity as preached (at least in partial form) by Jan Hus and the persecuted and exiled elements of thee Arian and Donatist clergy in Constantine's Day.
Obviously, I put myself in the "C" category but remain open to compelling evidence in "A" or "B". I believe this evidence will come to light by the time of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ as the various sects decide whether to align themselves with him or the fashionable philosophies of men in its various forms today manifest as political correctness, state sponsored religion or gutter trash oozing about wailing that only their private interpretation of religion is true and it doesn't matter what you actually do, only what you believe.