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No - you cannot be a "heretic" unless you are a Catholic.Does the Catholic Church teach that a heretic is not a brother in Christ with a Catholic (in a state of grace)?
"Heresy", by definition is when a Catholic rejects a doctrine in favor of a doctrinal perversion.
Whereas, ScottA espouses heretical teachings - he himself is not a heretic unless he is a Catholic.
This being said - we don't believe in the same God. The "God" ScottA has invented (or chosen to believe in) is NOT the same God of the Bible. Jesus, the 2nd Person of the Trinity is fully man (flesh) and fully God (spirit). Scott believes that He is purely spirit - even though Christianity teaches that He ascended to the Father in His glorified flesh.
It would be the same with Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses. They clearly teach a different God and a different Christ so they are not "brothers" in Christ with Christians.