Klaymen

Joseph Smith essentially took it upon himself to delete verse 30? Doesn't look like a translation error to me. https://biblehub.com/interlinear/matthew/25-30.htm

We both believe in the Biblical Christ. But what we believe is quite different.

Equal standing? We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.

Hi there. My alter-ego is Klaymen. I am non-LDS and would consider myself a Christian. If you wanted me to describe that further, I would say "Charistmatic". I work as an actuary and my interests are puzzles and competitive duplicate bridge. I'm in my late 40's, have been married since 1996, and have two young adult kids. I look forward to talking with you all.

considered by who? At what point? And why wouldn't they worry about that when your own President Hinkcley stated: "The traditional Christ of whom they [Christians] speak is not the Christ of whom I speak. For the Christ of whom I speak has been revealed in this the Dispensation of the Fullness of Times. He together with His Father, appeared to the boy Joseph Smith in the year 1820, and when Joseph left the grove that day, he knew more of the nature of God than all the learned ministers of the gospel of the ages." This obviously results in some major theological differences.

Ah, it looks like you are correct.

Sorry, my bad. I don't know of any Protestant denomination that regularly (or even occasionally) uses the word saint when describing who they are to others. But several would acknowledge saint (not in a Catholic way) or priest as part of their identity/role/function. I'm not LDS, but I never really noticed the word saint in LDS any more than in the phrase New Orleans saints. Now I am not trying to be insulting at all when I say that. The Methodists don't have a corner on the market of having a method any more than the Baptists are able to submerge someone. The phrase saint has such a wide connotation across all of religiosity I would hesitate to focus on it. To me it seems to get lost in the frequent abbreviation LDS.

Sure you can. If God's law says "Do not murder" and you murder someone, you have sinned regardless of whether you realized it at the time. In Psalm 19:12-13 David said: Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

If the gift of the Holy Ghost had not been revealed until around the time of D&C 121, what exactly was going with Pentecost and later events in the book of Acts? The New Testament is replete with references to the Holy Spirit.

Many protestants consider themselves saints. One definition of saint, according to Mirian Webster, is one of God's chosen and usually Christian people. Often in new testament letters, Paul and other writers address the group of believers as saints. According to the catechism of the Catholic church, the church is the holy people of God, and her members are called 'saints'. And protestants are covenant people as well; the new covenant that Jesus spoke of. Many protestants also consider themselves priests as well, and would disagree with your assertion about proper priesthood authority. "You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood" So, LDS are not the only ones referring to themselves as a "saint" or "priest".