Mormon and Christian - NYTimes.com David V. Mason's flippant and divisive June 13 Op-Ed article, "I'm a Mormon, Not a Christian," reflects the thoughts of someone who does not appear to understand either religious tradition, and as such does both a disservice. As a Latter-day Saint, I recognize and celebrate the faith and good works of non-Mormon Christians. My life would be poorer without the writings of C. S. Lewis and Frederick Buechner and the examples of Mother Teresa and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, as well as the words and deeds of countless other fellow Christians outside my denomination. Mr. Mason seems more focused on a quest for a fourth Abrahamic religion than on the centrality of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ to both Mormonism and traditional Christianity. I am one Mormon who very much considers himself a Christian, and I suspect that this dual designation is one that is shared by the overwhelming majority of my fellow Latter-day Saints.