Are Mormon's Christian?

menschtx wrote at http://hubpages.com/hub/Mormon-vs-Christian-Beliefs---A-Comparison_1:

Mormon vs Christian Beliefs - A Comparison, what is the difference?

The question is what is the difference between Mormonism and Christianity. We must first look to the question of who is Jesus?

First we will take a look at the Mormon version. Bruce McConkie, a Mormon Apostle, teaches in his book, Mormon Doctrine, "Christ was begotten by an immortal father in the same way that mortal men are begotten by mortal fathers." And again this view. Joseph Fielding Smith, tenth President and Prophet of the Mormon Church claimed, "Christ not begotten of Holy Ghost...He was not born without the aid of Man and that Man was God!" (Doctrines of Salvation, 1:18). 18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. (Matthew 1:18) Oops!"

Rhino's Response:

"The Godhead consists of three distinct personages who are one in unity and purpose. The members of the Godhead are Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost. All human beings consist of two fundamental parts, the body and the spirit, and these two parts together comprise the soul. Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have bodies of flesh and spirit. The Holy Ghost does not have a body of flesh, he is only a personage of spirit. The spirits of all human beings were created by God the Father before the earth was created. Before the world was created, God the Father, created the spirit of Jesus Christ. Heavenly Father is the father of his spirit and the father of our spirits. Under the direction of God the Father, Jesus Christ created the earth and Adam and Eve. He put their spirits into their bodies of flesh and they became living souls. When we were born, our spirit entered into our body and we became a living soul. When we die, our spirit leaves our body and our body is buried in the earth until the resurrection, when our body and our spirit will be reunited.

The prophet Alma, described the conception of Jesus Christ in Alma 7:10 of the Book of Mormon "And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God."

Alma, Joseph Fielding Smith, Bruce R. McConkie, and Matthew actually do not contradict each other concerning the birth of Jesus Christ. No man or woman can be in the presence of God unless he is "quickened by the Spirit" (See various Bible references and the Doctrine & Covenants 67:11-12) This means that in order to endure the presence of God, any man or woman would need to be sanctified and purified by the Holy Ghost, therefore the Holy Ghost is the agent or the "power" by which Mary was able to endure the presence of God the Father who has characteristics of a man because he has a body and a spirit, so that she could conceive the only begotten Son of God. In other words. Since God the Father has a body of flesh and spirit, and Mary has a body of flesh and spirit, they were able to conceive the one and only Son of God, even Jesus Christ.

These are the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormons. We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in his Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost."