But Don't Mormons Believe in Jesus?

It's hard to argue that a Mormon isn't a Christian if they confess that they believe Jesus Christ is their savior.  It's the foundation of every Christian!  But Jesus Christ is a different person in the Mormon church.  In the Mormon church Jesus is not part of the trinity.  He is not God in the form of man.  He is literally every human being's brother.  In the Mormon church we all existed in a pre earth life.  God was our father and Jesus was one of his spirit children just like the rest of us.  When it came time to plan how we would all be saved, Jesus offered to die for all of us.  God liked the plan, so he went with it.  There is so much more to this story, but not enough room to get it all in.  In essence, Jesus opened the door for us to be saved, but we have to follow a set of principles and ordinances (rules) in order to go through the door and live in God's presence.  You won't find a cross anywhere in a Mormon church or temple, because Jesus' sacrifice is not enough, the point being, Jesus Christ in the Mormon church is not the same Jesus Christ in the Christian church.  You cannot believe in both because they are conflicting ideas.  One is God.  One is not God.  One is our total cost for eternity in heaven.  The other is a great sacrifice, but not enough to enter God's presence after death.  These are not small, petty differences.  These are the basic concepts of both the Christian faith and the Mormon faith. 

So, why make is so confusing?  If the Mormon church believes they are the only true church on the earth at this time, why not say so rather than spend millions of dollars on advertising to portray themselves as 'just like everyone else?'  One simple answer is that Satan is the ultimate deceiver.  If the road to hell looked dark and scary and there were screams of pain and blood stains on the trail, we'd do whatever we could to get out of there.  But if the road to hell is white and shiny and filled with wonderfully kind people, who are just like us, welcoming us along the way and beautiful sounds from the tabernacle choir are echoing down the path it would be very easy to think you were going the right way.