Let's List The Commandments!

[_just me]

Keep a journal
Pray daily
no coffee
no tea
no alcohol
no tobacco
attend church every Sunday
no masturbating
magnify your callings
visit teach each month
home teach each month
read scriptures daily
attend the temple
pay 10% of your income as tithing
do not say the Lord's name in vain
don't be homosexual
follow the prophet
don't go astray
endure to the end
missionary work/share the gospel
have children
get married (straight marriage)
dress 'modestly'
wear garments (for temple people)

[_just me]

no unnatural sex

[_Quasimodo]

No on coffee. Yes on funeral potatoes. Green Jello for extra credit.

[_Sophocles]

Do not watch movies that are rated R.

Don’t see R-rated movies or vulgar videos or participate in any entertainment that is immoral, suggestive, or pornographic.

Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve (quoting Ezra Taft Benson), http://LDS.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideN ... 82620aRCRD

I know it is hard counsel we give when we say R-rated movies, and many with PG-13 ratings, are produced by Satanic influences. I repeat, because of what they really represent, these types of movies, music, tapes, and other products serve the purposes of the author of all darkness.

H. Burke Peterson of the Seventy, http://LDS.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideN ... 82620aRCRD

It is a concern that some of our young Latter-day Saints, as well as their parents, regularly watch R-rated and other inappropriate movies and videos.

Joe J. Christensen of the Presidency of the Seventy, http://LDS.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideN ... 82620aRCRD

Be sure to say no when it is needed. … Let [your children] know that there are some things that, as members of your family, you simply do not do. Some parents seem to be almost pathologically concerned about their children’s popularity and social acceptance and go along with many things that are really against their better judgment, such as expensive fads, immodest clothes, late hours, dating before age sixteen, R-rated movies, and so on. For children and parents, standing up for what is right may be lonely at times. There may be evenings alone, parties missed, and movies which go unseen. It may not always be fun. But parenting is not a popularity contest.

Marriage and Family Relations Instructor's Manual, http://LDS.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideN ... 82620aRCRD

Now, brethren of the priesthood, there should not be any X- or R-rated movies that we participate in viewing or talking about.

H. Burke Petersen, when he was First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric, http://LDS.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideN ... 82620aRCRD

Whether it be turning your back on an off-color joke, refusing to see an R-rated movie or videocassette, or walking out of a party that is moving in the wrong direction, make your standards clear to others by quietly making the right choices when the temptation is first presented.

Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve, http://LDS.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideN ... 82620aRCRD

Why not make some effort to find out something about the next movie that will engage your family’s undivided attention for two and a half or three hours and will probably cost you far more than you contributed to the poor and the needy that month. It goes without saying that all X- and R-rated movies are automatically eliminated.

Robert L. Simpson, Assistant to the Counsel of the Twelve (this is clear back in 1973), http://LDS.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideN ... 82620aRCRD

I was on an airplane recently as ABC News reported that if parents wish to take one more step in distancing themselves from their parental roles, they may consent to their children getting an "R-card," which allows them to enter any R-rated movie they wish without their parents. It is very apparent that a very real war for the souls of men is raging—a war especially for the souls of young men and young women. If we are not more vigilant than ever before, many of our youth will become prey to the wily darts of the adversary.

Charles H. Dalquist II, Young Men's General President, http://www.LDS.org/pa/display/0,17884,5431-1,00.html

Recently my granddaughter Jennifer was invited to go with several of her school friends to a dinner and a movie. The girls all agreed on the movie they were going to see, and Jennifer was comfortable attending. However, the girl who left dinner to buy the movie tickets for the group returned with tickets to a different movie than was planned! She said, “It is a great show, and it’s R-rated.” Jennifer, caught by surprise, couldn’t believe the situation had changed so quickly. But fortunately she had made up her mind before she ever found herself in this position that she would not watch R-rated movies. She was able to stand firm and say to her friends, “I can’t go see an R-rated movie. My parents would not approve.” To which the girls replied, “Oh, come on! Your parents will never know!” Confronted with this, Jennifer went on to say, “Well, actually it doesn’t matter whether my parents will know. I just don’t go to R-rated movies!” Her friends were upset and tried to get her to relent. They told her she “was ruining everything.” When she would not give in, they threw the ticket and change in her face and deserted her for the R-rated movie. It wound up being a lonely night full of rejection from her friends. But it was a great moment for Jennifer and our family. She gained confidence, self-worth, and spiritual power.

David E. Sorenson of the Presidency of the Seventy, http://LDS.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideN ... 82620aRCRD

Can you see why the Brethren tell us to stay away from X- and R-rated movies?

Bruce C. Hafen of the Seventy, http://LDS.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideN ... 82620aRCRD

Follow the prophets’ counsel to avoid R-rated films or any other films with inappropriate violence.

August 1997 Ensign (note that it is prophets'. Plural.) http://LDS.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideN ... 82620aRCRD

I speak of the growing numbers of movies, books, magazines, theatrical productions, and television programs where efforts to glorify immorality or violence have become predominant. “Rated R” or “Rated X” has replaced the idealism of being “Rated A.” I know that free expression is a vital part of the eternal principle of free agency and must be preserved and protected. As each of us uses our free agency to choose the material that enters our lives, we ought to recognize that the battle between “Rated A” and “Rated X” is part of the war that began in heaven and is still being fought today.

Marvin J. Ashton of the Quorum of Twelve (this is in 1977), http://LDS.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideN ... 82620aRCRD

Young people know they should not watch R- or X-rated movies, and yet time after time I hear them say, “Well it’s only rated R because it’s violent.” What difference does it make why it is rated R?

Cree-L Kofford of the Seventy, http://LDS.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideN ... 82620aRCRD

Movies rated GP, R, or X should be avoided, since they will not help you grow spiritually.

March 1971 New Era, http://LDS.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideN ... 82620aRCRD

Satan’s R and X movies are no joke. Even movies and programs with so-called acceptable ratings often teach violence and immorality.

August 1976 Ensign, http://LDS.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideN ... 82620aRCRD

Spiritual crevasses symbolize the temptations and pitfalls that too many of our youth are tragically encountering: alcohol, with its wine coolers and keg parties, drug tampering and dependency, R- and X-rated films and videos, which often culminate in sexual immorality.

David B. Haight of the Quorum of Twelve, http://LDS.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideN ... 82620aRCRD

Do not attend R- or X-rated movies, and avoid drive-ins.

Hartman Rector, Jr. of the Seventy (speaking in 1973), http://LDS.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideN ... 82620aRCRD

But you might wonder, "who decides whether a movie is rated R?" It is the Ratings Board, which is part of the Classification and Ratings Administration, which operates under the auspices of the Motion Picture Association of America. Since this is who decides what movies are rated R---and therefore God does not want us to watch---we can safely infer that the MPAA and its subsidiary bodies are divinely inspired.

In spite of all that, Orson Scott Card has argued that there is no commandment against watching R-rated movies.

[_Drifting]

Married persons may not travel alone in cars along with married persons or single persons of the opposite sex.

[_Buffalo]

no unnatural sex

Mormon sex is pretty unnatural.

[_Darth J]

In spite of all that, Orson Scott Card has argued that there is no commandment against watching R-rated movies.

That's okay, because I have conclusively demonstrated that the Law of Moses does not prohibit eating pork.

[_schreech]

You guys are just a bunch of quote mining, anti-mormon, quote miners....

[_Quasimodo]

You guys are just a bunch of quote mining, anti-mormon, quote miners....

Not to mention LIARS. :)

[_Quasimodo]

Married persons may not travel alone in cars along with married persons or single persons of the opposite sex.

A reasonable commandment. "Thanks for baby sitting the kids, but you will have to walk home. Don't talk to any strangers.".