1. "Permissiveness, immorality, pornography, drugs, the power of peer pressure—all these and more—cause many to be tossed about on a sea of sin and crushed on the jagged reefs of lost opportunities, forfeited blessings, and shattered dreams. Is there a way to safety? Is there an escape from threatened destruction? The answer is a resounding yes! I counsel you to look to the lighthouse of the Lord. I have said it before; I will say it again: there is no fog so dense, no night so dark, no gale so strong, no mariner so lost but what the lighthouse of the Lord can rescue." -President Thomas S. Monson (Believe, Obey, and Endure. April 2012 General Conference)
2. "We cannot afford to have those who exercise the Holy Priesthood, after the Order of the Son of God, waste their strength in pornography or spend their lives in cyberspace (ironically being of the world, while not being in the world)."- Elder D. Todd Christofferson (Brethern, We Have a Work to Do. October 2012 General Conference)
3. "Pornography is acid to your Spirit." -Elder M. Russell Ballard (San Diego Mission Special Conference, March 31, 2012, San Diego, California)
4. "...the Lord has drawn lines of worthiness for those called to labor with Him in this work. No missionary can be unrepentant of sexual transgression or profane language or pornographic indulgence and then expect to challenge others to repent of those very things! You can’t do that. The Spirit will not be with you, and the words will choke in your throat as you speak them. "-Elder Jeffery R. Holland (We Are All Enlisted. October 2011 General Conference)
5. "I recently had an insightful conversation with a 15-year-old Aaronic Priesthood holder. He helped me understand how easy it is in this Internet age for young people to almost inadvertently be exposed to impure and even pornographic images. He pointed out that for most principles the Church teaches, there is at least some recognition in society at large that violating these principles can have devastating effects on health and well-being. He mentioned cigarette smoking, drug use, and alcohol consumption by young people. But he noted that there is no corresponding outcry or even a significant warning from society at large about pornography or immorality." -Elder Quentin L. Cook (Can Ye Feel So Now? October 2012 General Conference)
6. “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,” -President Boyd K. Packer (Power to Overcome Pornography. LDS.org)
7. "Patrons of pornography not only damage marital relationships, but they also lose the Spirit of Christ and forfeit the power of the priesthood. However, he stressed that we all have the ability to choose—and we will be blessed if we choose to never partake of such evils, or, if already involved, if we will repent and forsake them."-President Boyd K. Packer (Power to Overcome Pornography. LDS.org)
9. "Permissiveness, immorality, pornography, and the power of peer pressure cause many to be tossed about on a sea of sin and crushed on the jagged reefs of lost opportunities, forfeited blessings, and shattered dreams." -President Thomas S. Monson (Standards of Strength. 2008 October General Conference)
10. Some publishers and printers prostitute their presses by printing millions of pieces ofpornography each day. No expense is spared to produce a product certain to be viewed, then viewed again. One of the most accessible sources ofpornography today is the Internet, where one can turn on a computer and instantly have at his fingertips countless sites featuring pornography. President Gordon B. Hinckley has said: “I fear this may be going on in some of your homes. It is vicious. It is lewd and filthy. It is enticing and habit-forming. It will take [you] down to destruction as surely as anything in this world. It is foul sleaze that makes its exploiters wealthy, its victims impoverished” -President Thomas S. Monson (Standards of Strength. 2008 October General Conference)
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