"That which you gaze upon you become." Sufi Wisdom
"Look to God and live." (Alma 37:47)
The Savior taught the multitude, "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." (Matthew 5:8)
"Keep your hearts and minds [in] Christ Jesus... Whatsover things are pure... if there be any virtue... think on these things." Philippians 4:7, 8
"I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes." Psalm 101:3
"Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul." 1st Peter 2:11
"For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven...Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." Matthew 5:20,27,28
"That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;" -Philippians 2:15
2nd Corinthians 10:5, "Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ."
"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." —1st John 2:15-17
"That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness." —2nd Thessalonians 2:12
"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." —1st Corinthians 10:13
The word "pornography" comes from the Greek porneia, porneuo, and porne. Porneia is translated "fornication" in the King James Version (Mat 5:32; John 8:41; Rom 1:29; 1 Corin 6:9,13,18; Gal 5:19; Rev 19:2; etc.). Porneuo is the verb "to commit fornication," as in 1 Corin 6:18. Porne is translated "harlot" in Mat 21:31-32; 1 Corin 6:15; and Rev 17:5.
A Tragic Evil among Us by President Gordon B. Hinckley
"[Pornography] is like a raging storm, destroying individuals and families, utterly ruining what was once wholesome and beautiful."
"Sex is the number 1 topic searched on the Internet" (NCPCE Online, "Current Statistics," Internet, http://www.nationalcoalition.org/resourcesservices/stat.html).
Being tempted is not sin (even Jesus was tempted) - but giving in to it, or seeking it out, surely is.
Statistics
Pornography is an $8-billion-a-year business.
17.5 million surfers visited porn sites from home computers in Jan. 2000, a 40% increase from 4 months earlier. (Source: US News & World Report, 3/27/2000)
Web surfers spent $970 million accessing porn sites in 1998. (Source: Datamonitor research firm)
Porn accounts for 69% of the $1.4 billion pay-to-view online-content market, compared to video games (4%) and sports (2%). (Source: US News & World Report, 3/27/2000)
Also See:
Reasons Why Porn is Bad Non-LDS Site
The evils of pornography are deadly to human spirit
