sr1030 wrote:That isn't going to happen. LDS will never ever be accepted as "Christian" by mainstream Christianity.
Actually the majority of mainstream Christianity already accepts Latter-day Saints as Christians. It's the more sectarian and outspoken ones who don't, and they're in the minority.
sr1030 wrote:We simply do not want to be identified with Mormonism. Don't we have that right?
No one is asking you to compromise your own identity, they're just asking you not to dictate to others how they're allowed to self-identify. You don't have the corner on the name "Christian," and to insist that it's your category, and we're just trying to shove our way into it is both bigoted and ignorant.
sr1030 wrote:Just as you have the right to claim to be the only True Christians?
Never in my life have I claimed that Mormons are the "only True Christians."
sr1030 wrote:The right to claim to be the only Church in the "Church of the Lamb"?
The only "Church in the 'Church of the Lamb'"? I think you mean "claim to be the Church of the Lamb." This is just a claim to be the only Church led directly by Christ. This is not a claim to be the only Christians.
sr1030 wrote:And the only Church that is not part of the "Church of the Devil"?
You're misunderstanding the point of that scripture.
sr1030 wrote:Please understand why the LDS Church gets little sympathy over this issue.
I understand quite well. It's sectarianism. Attempts to make it more significant than that are quite fallacious and misguided. When you claim it's because you don't want to associated with a church that you find disrespectful, you're saying it has nothing to do with beliefs or our relationship with Christ, you're just saying it's because we're mean and you're going to take your ball and go home. It's childish and petty.