final Flashcards
Elder Oaks stated: “In concentrating my talk on this subject (pornography) I feel like the prophet __________, who told the men of his day that it grieved him to speak so boldly in front of their sensitive wives and children.”
jacob
Elder Oaks quoted a talk he gave years earlier stating: “Pornographic or erotic stories and pictures are worse than filthy or polluted food.” What reason did he give?
With few exceptions, the body can get rid of bad food, the mind never vomits up bad images
Elder Oaks taught that, “When persons entertain evil thoughts long enough for the Spirit to withdraw…” What happens?
They lose their spiritual protection and they are subject to the power and direction of the evil one.
According to our readings, what is “the Lord’s standard regarding sexual purity”?
No sexual relations before marriage
Faithfulness to our spouse after marriage
Both A and B
The First Presidency counsels to not participate in passionate kissing before marriage.
true
Elder Holland suggested that sexual fragmentation can be particularly harmful because…it can temporarily pusuade us _________________.
It can lead to overlooking serious deficits in the relationship
Elder Holland said we “will never be more like God at any other time in this life than when” ______________
You and your spouse are expressing that particular power (pro-creating)
According to Elder Bednar, What is one of the ultimate ironies of eternity related to the law of chastity?
The being with no body entices us to misuse ours
Elder Bednar taught, _____________ is to our spirit as pain is to our bodies
Guilt
Sister Nelson taught that intimacy of any kind involves ____________________
reciprocal feelings of trust emotional closeness open communication All of the above 2
What is the symbol of our overall unity according to Wendy Watson Nelson?
Physical intimacy
According to our readings, what is the 48 hour rule?
The length of time allowed to talk about problems after they occur
According to Laura Brotherson, we should end the activities of our day before we are exhausted because ________________.
Husband and wife intimacy deserves and needs priority time
Elder Hugh B. Brown stated: “Ignorance and blundering [sexually] on the part of newlyweds account in large measure for the fact that [many] marriages _____________________
end in divorce
According to Laura Brotherson, What should we know to be sufficiently educated sexually?
The human sexual response
Knowledge of your own body and it’s sexual response
Knowledge of your spouses body and sexual response
General sexual differences between men and women
All of the above
According to Busby, Carroll, and Leavitt, What “is the preeminent and overarching principle;” in the teachings of the Proclamation on how decisions must be made?
Equal Partnership
According to our readings, equally important as what you decide when it comes to marital intimacy is ______________
How you decide
Brent Barlow quoted President Kimball when he stated, “The Bible celebrates sex and its proper use…. It makes plain that God himself implanted the physical magnetism between the sexes for two reasons.What are the two reasons?
Procreation and Expression of love
Elder Oaks stated: “Few concepts have more potential to mislead us than the idea that ___________________”
choice, or agency, is the ultimate goal
According to Elder Nelson, it is not possible to be forgiven for the sin of abortion.
false
The First Presidency in True to the Faith asks us to consider two things when making decisions about how many children to have and when. What are they?
The sanctity of life and the joy of parenting
Elder Anderson quoted President Monson when he stated: “We also can be in the world but not of the world as ____________________”
we reject false concepts and false teachings
According to Elder Nelson, terminating the life of a developing baby involves _______________________
Two individuals with separate bodies, brains and hearts
Elder Nelson taught that relatively few abortions are performed for the special circumstances that he taught may make an abortion an appropriate option.
true
According to our readings, what did Elder Faust say brings the greatest happiness?
Parenthood
Why did Elder Anderson bring up the examples of Adam and Even / Lehi and Sarah / Mose’s parents / Joseph and Mary?
As good examples of being willing to start a family even when it is hard
Elder Oaks taught: “Tolerance does not require _________________”
abandoning one’s standards or one’s opinions
Which one of the following is NOT one of the suggestions Elder Bednar gave to be more diligent and concerned at home?
Make covenants and live them