Conjecture: Christian or Not?

Years ago, the Mormons were determined to be distinguished as NOT Christians. Now they want to be considered as Christians? I guess it was a prophecy, their belief changes a lot. From must have many wives to now only having one, from people of darker color being cursed to now being equal...
Those changes have a significant point other than casting even the simplest doubt upon the religion in general.
There is a controversy as to whether Mormons are Christians or not, but it really shouldn't be so difficult for anyone of Christian, Mormon, or no faith. I think I can sum it up in a few references to the Bible and one to the Mormon belief.

The following verses are three vital - not the most, but still vital - verses from the Bible:



1) Malachi 3:6: "I the LORD do not change. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed."

2) James 1:17: "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows."

3) 1 Timothy 2:5: For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,


In these verses we can take: God, the ONE and ONLY, is GOOD and does NOT change, and Jesus Christ is the ONE mediator.

Now, for the Mormon verses:

1) "God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man...I say, if you were to see him today, you would see him like a man in a form-like yourselves in all the person, image, and very form as a man." (Teachings of the prophet Joseph Smith, 1973 ed., p. 346)

 2) "How many Gods there are, I do not know. But there never was a time when there were not Gods." (Brigham Young-Journal of Discourses 7:333)

Yes, okay, that's two. I decided the second one was important, too.

From these two verses we can take: God was a MAN who ASPIRED to be a ONE OF MANY gods and succeeded, and WE CAN TOO! 

 God, the ONE and ONLY, is GOOD and does NOT change, and Jesus Christ in the ONE mediator.
VS. 
God was a MAN who ASPIRED to be a ONE OF MANY gods and succeeded, and WE CAN TOO! 

What??? That is blatant contradictory of the Bible. The problem? The same problem Atheists claim the Bible have, and what Christian Apologists have proved over and over again the BIBLE doesn't have: Contradictions. You can't count something as credible if it has such BLATANT and unexplainable contradictions. A few that can be explained through contexts are okay, but these can't be.


As in my first examples, the Mormon Doctrine changes a lot... but the Bible says God does not change and as far as the Bible is concerned, God's character does not change either, but it would have to drastically in order to fulfill the Book of Mormon. It is important for a Christian to believe in the God of the Bible, and it is obvious the God of the Bible is not the same God of the Mormons, therefore, it can't be the same Jesus - who is the way, the truth, and the life. So, it is one or the other.

Closing Verse:

Galatians 1:
⁶ I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— ⁷ not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. ⁸ But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. ⁹ As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.
¹⁰ For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant^[a] of Christ.


^{NOTE: To look up Bible verses, a good website it biblegateway.com}