Unit 6

This Unit is the last unit we had. It focuses on the 8th and 9th paragraphs of "The Family: A Proclamation to the World."

"We warn that individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.

"We call upon responsible citizens and officers of government everywhere to promote those measures designed to maintain and strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society."

Elder Robert D. Hales in his talk "Christian Courage: The Price of Discipleship" he said: "Evil will always be with us in this world. Part of mortality's great test is to be in the world without becoming like the world.

 Elder Robert D. Hales

Elder Quentin L. Cook said in his talk "Let There Be Light" : "The assault on moral principles and religious freedom has never been stronger. As Latter-day Saints, we need to do our best to preserve light and protect our families and communities from this assault on morality and religious freedom....be in the world but no of the world."

Elder Quentin L. Cook

Elder M. Russell Ballard in his talk "Let Our Voices Be Heard" said: "The family is at the heart of Heavenly Father's plan because we are all part of His family and because mortality is our opportunity to form our own families and to assume the role of parents....Father and mother are callings from which we will never be released..."

Elder M. Russell Ballard

He later continues: "Let me say again that the family is the main target of evil's attack and must therefore be the main point of our protection and must therefore be the main point of our protection defense...when you stop and think about it from a diabolically tactical point of view, fighting the family makes sense to Satan. When he wants to disrupt the work of the Lord, he doesn't poison the world's peanut butter supply, thus bringing the Church's missionary system to its collective knees. He doesn't send a plague of laryngitis to afflict the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He doesn't legislate against green Jell-O and casseroles. When evil wants to strike out and disrupt the essence of God's work, it attacks the family. I does so by attempting to disregard the law of chastity, to confuse gender, to desensitize violence, to make crude and blasphemous language the norm, and to make immoral and deviant behavior seem like the rule rather than the exception."

Elder Dallin H. Oaks in his talk, "Protect the Children" stated: "Children need the emotional and personal strength that come from being raised by two parents who are united in their marriage and their goals....I know firsthand that this cannot always be achieved, but it is the ideal to be sought whenever possible."

Elder Dallin H. Oaks

He also said: "Our church leaders have taught that looking 'upon marriage as a mere contract that may be entered into at pleasure...and severed at the first difficulty...is an evil meriting severe condemnation,' especially where 'children are made to suffer.' And children are impacted by divorces. Over half of the divorces in a recent year involved couples with minor children."


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