(1) "Pornography is like a raging storm, destroying individuals and families, utterly ruining what was once wholesome and beautiful."
(Presidente Gordon B. Hinckley, A Tragic Evil among Us, Ensign, Nov 2004)
(2) " Participation in pornography in any of its lurid forms is a
manifestation of unbridled selfishness. How can a man, particularly a
priesthood bearer, not think of the emotional and spiritual damage
caused to women, especially his wife, by such abhorrent activity?"
(Elder Richard G. Scott, To Acquire Spiritual Guidance, Ensign, Nov 2009)
(3) "My brothers and sisters, involvement in such will literally destroy the
spirit. Be strong. Be clean. Avoid such degrading and destructive types
of content at all costs—wherever they may be! I sound this warning to
everyone, everywhere."
(Presidente Thomas S. Monson, Until We Meet Again, Ensign, May 2009)
(4) "In
our day the dreadful influence of pornography is like unto a plague
sweeping across the world, infecting one here and one there,
relentlessly trying to invade every home, most frequently through the
husband and father. The effect of this plague can be, unfortunately
often is, spiritually fatal. Lucifer seeks to disrupt “the great plan of
redemption,”
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“the great plan of happiness.”
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Pornography will always repel the Spirit of Christ
and will interrupt the communications between our Heavenly Father and
His children and disrupt the tender relationship between husband and
wife.
(President Boyd K. Packer, Cleansing the Inner Vessel, General Conference, October 2010)
(5) “Pornographic or erotic stories and pictures are worse than filthy or
polluted food. The body has defenses to rid itself of unwholesome food.
With a few fatal exceptions, bad food will only make you sick but do no
permanent harm. In contrast, a person who feasts upon filthy stories or
pornographic or erotic pictures and literature records them in this
marvelous retrieval system we call a brain. The brain won’t vomit back
filth. Once recorded, it will always remain subject to recall, flashing
its perverted images across your mind and drawing you away from the
wholesome things in life.”
(Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Pornography, Ensign May 2005)
(6) "(Pornography) And sin it is. It is devilish. It is totally inconsistent with the
spirit of the gospel, with personal testimony of the things of God, and
with the life of one who has been ordained to the holy priesthood."
(Presidente Gordon B. Hinckley, A Tragic Evil among Us, Ensign, Nov 2004)
(7) "Satan has become a master at using the addictive power of pornography to
limit individual capacity to be led by the Spirit. The onslaught of
pornography in all of its vicious, corroding, destructive forms has
caused great grief, suffering, heartache, and destroyed marriages. It is
one of the most damning influences on earth."
(Elder Richard G. Scott, To Acquire Spiritual Guidance, Ensign, Nov 2009)
(8) "My beloved friends, under no circumstances allow yourselves to become
trapped in the viewing of pornography, one of the most effective of
Satan’s enticements. And if you have allowed yourself to become involved
in this behavior, cease now. Seek the help you need to overcome and to
change the direction of your life. Take the steps necessary to get back
on the strait and narrow, and then stay there."
(Presidente Thomas S. Monson, Until We Meet Again, Ensign, May 2009)
(9) " And young women, please understand that if you dress immodestly, you are
magnifying this problem by becoming pornography to some of the men who
see you."
(Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Pornography, Ensign May 2005)
(10) "Parents, be aware that the addiction of pornography can begin with youth
at a very early age. Take preventative action to avoid that tragedy."
(Elder Richard G. Scott, To Acquire Spiritual Guidance, Ensign, Nov 2009)
(11) " The bright sunlight of heaven, the rich blessings of earth are ours. In our private forest of family and friends, life is richly rewarding and abundantly beautiful. Then
suddenly, there appears before us in this generation a sinister and
diabolical enemy—pornography. Like the bark beetle it too is the carrier
of a deadly disease. I shall name it “pernicious permissiveness.”
"At
first we scarcely realize we have been infected. We laugh and make
light-hearted comment concerning the off-color story or the clever
cartoon. With evangelical zeal we protect the so-called rights of those
who would contaminate with smut and destroy all that is precious and
sacred. The beetle of pornography is doing his deadly task—undercutting
our will, destroying our immunity, and stifling that upward reach within
each of us."
(Presidente Thomas S. Monson, Pornography - the Deadly Carrier, General Conference, Oct 1979)
