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(comic by Chris Deaver)
Frequently teenagers want to know what prophets have said about kissing. Here are some quotes we’ve found — please feel free to add additional prophetic quotes you know of in the comments below.
“Do not participate in passionate kissing” (For the Strength of Youth, p. 27).
“Kissing has been prostituted and has degenerated to develop and express lust instead of affection, honor, and admiration. To kiss in casual dating is asking for trouble. What do kisses mean when given out like pretzels and robbed of sacredness? What is miscalled the ‘soul kiss’ is an abomination … even if timely courtship justifies the kiss it should be a clean, decent, sexless one, like the kiss between mother and son, or father and daughter” (Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 281).
Although these next two quotes are not directly about kissing, they may provide some helpful guidance:
“Keep your expressions of feelings to those that are comfortable in the presence of your parents” (Elder Richard G. Scott, Ensign, Nov. 1994, 38).
“Firmly establish personal standards. Choose a time of deep spiritual reflection, when there is no pressure on you, and you can confirm your decisions by sacred impressions. Decide then what you will do and what you will not do to express feelings. The Spirit will guide you. Then do not vary from those decisions no matter how right it may seem when the temptation comes…The realization of your dreams depends upon your determination to never betray your standards” (Elder Richard G. Scott, “Do What is Right,” Address given at BYU).
i feel like this made kissing while dating sound like a terrible thing which it is not. sure it is not to be “given out” or be very passionate. but its not against any rules to kiss.
@Stacey–Thanks for making a comment. It probably depends on what kind of “dating” a person is talking about. As President Kimball said, “To kiss in _casual dating_ is asking for trouble.” We’re confident that if we maintain the following standard we will be safe: “Keep your expressions of feelings to those that are comfortable in the presence of your parents” (Elder Richard G. Scott, Ensign, Nov. 1994, 38).
A lot of my friends have NCMO’s (non-commital make-out buddies). It really doesn’t mean anything to them when they make out, they just do it for the feeling and to get better at it. Is this really terrible?
Well, how would you feel about your future spouse being their “NCMO” buddy? Will the physical relationship you have in marriage be taken as something that really means anything special?
kissing someone means feelings, and feelings mean affection emotions, however kissin can be a sources of a lots troubels …….
Even if it is a simple kiss, it can get pretty serious later. I know many people who find no harm in such, but if you really think about it, a kiss normaly leads to a deep relationship and things beyond the boundaries that the Lord has set to keep us safe. This all seems to end up in one place: heart ache.
Deborah you make a great point. I have experianced some of that, and it is not worth giving yourself to someone who you will not be with for the rest of you life.
I think that we should all follow what the prophets and the church say’s to do i think that from the picture at the beggining it means we shouldn’t kiss until we are married.
@Brayden — just to make sure you know, the comic is a joke…it _is_ okay to kiss before marriage.
Dating has a much different term in the world’s view than dating has in the LDS culture. In the world, dating includes enticing passions, interacting in an intimate manner, and exploring sexuality. In the LDS culture it means getting to know the person you are considering for an eternal partner.
This is why the standards we teach our youth included in the For the Strength of the Youth highlight not dating at all until 16, and then group dating until a marriageable date is reached, which in the U.S. is 18.
Kissing also has a much different term in the world’s view than in the LDS culture. For the LDS young adult, a kiss is something special to be shared with the person you are considering as your eternal partner. Again, the standards suggested to LDS youth is not to entice passions. A peck on the cheek or a smooch on the lips at the end of a date is much different then a french kiss in a parked car or in any environment where passions can lead to spiritual impairment.
Dating in the LDS culture often includes friends, outings, dinners at families homes, get togethers, and group gatherings until a young man and young woman decide that they can see that person in their life on a more serious basis.
Saying kissing is not harmful is like saying you can get or give a hickey without having sex. Yes, but it is not what usually occurs. Kissing can lead to enticing passions that belong in the vows of marriage.
As teenagers, I think passionate kissing is wrong. Even for adults such as myself (though I’m a young one), it is too easily cheapened and polluted. If the kiss makes you think about more physical things, it’s passionate and therefore, outside the sacred covenant of marriage, is wrong. I’m old enough now to be serious with someone, and I have in fact, kissed passionately on two occasions. In all honesty I enjoy kissing – - which is terrifying once I’m no longer caught up in it all. For me, even though I know this man very well and care for him, it’s not a necessity. I don’t need to engage in passionate kissing to know what our relationship is, to let him know how I feel or to know what he feels for me. And I’m not saying don’t kiss – - I like the short kisses too! The pecks and “Goodbye, see you soon!” kisses. Passion is a beautiful thing, and I completely agree with Chantel about the huge difference between LDS views and the world. Aren’t we counseled to be in the world, but not of it? No matter how much I enjoy kissing this man, I know if we stick to the standards we set as teenagers, kissing would be much more enjoyable with rings on our fingers!
our countries’ proverb says, “love begins by kissin and ends by a childin” is kissing for you a game?
i think that even if it’s hard, it’s what the Lord wants us to do, and it’s only for us to be safe
i would never kill the opportunity of get married in the temple just for a moment of “showing love”… not saying that a kiss is something wrong, but :the spirit is strong, but the flesh is weak ;/