1. “For many years our Church leaders have warned against the dangers of images and words intended to arouse sexual desires. Now the corrupting influence of pornography, produced and disseminated for commercial gain, is sweeping over our society like an avalanche of evil.”
Dallin H. Oaks, Pornography, April 2005 General Conference https://www.lds.org
2. “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.”
Dallin H. Oaks, Pornography, April 2005 General Conference https://www.lds.org
3.”Pornography is also addictive. It impairs decision-making capacities and it “hooks” its users, drawing them back obsessively for more and more.”
Dallin H. Oaks, Pornography, April 2005 General Conference https://www.lds.org
4. “Apathy toward pornography stems mostly from a widespread public attitude that it is a victimless crime and that police resources are better used in other areas.”
Thomas S. Monson, Pornography -the Deadly Carrier,October 1979 General Conference https://www.lds.org
5. “Today we have a rebirth of ancient Sodom and Gomorrah. From seldom-read pages in dusty Bibles they come forth as real cities in a real world, depicting a real malady—pernicious permissiveness.”
Thomas S. Monson, Pornography -the Deadly Carrier,October 1979 General Conference https://www.lds.org
6. “The FBI points out that pornography may have a direct relationship to sex crimes.” “In one large western city,” an agency report states, “the vice squad advised that 72 percent of the individuals arrested for rape and child-related sexual offenses had in their possession some type of pornographic material.”
Thomas S. Monson, Pornography -the Deadly Carrier, October 1979 General Conference https://www.lds.org
7. “Satan has become a master at using the addictive power of pornography to limit individual capacity to be led by the Spirit.”
Richard G. Scott, To Acquire Spiritual Guidance, October 2009 General Conference https://www.lds.org
8. “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.”
Richard G. Scott, To Acquire Spiritual Guidance, October 2009 General Conference https://www.lds.org
9. “If you are ensnarled in pornography, make a total commitment to overcome it now. Find a quiet place; pray urgently for help and support. Be patient and obedient. Don’t give up.”
Richard G. Scott, To Acquire Spiritual Guidance, October 2009 General Conference https://www.lds.org
10. “Perhaps the greatest tragedy of all is in the lives of children who become its victims. The saddest trend of our day is the alarming, large increase in child abuse. Much of it occurs within families and involves corrupting the divine innocence that children have from birth.”
David B. Haight, Personal Morality, October 1984 General Conference https://www.lds.org