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List of LDS Commandments

Mormonism demands purity, a manipulation tactic to keep members busy, expand the totalism of the beliefs, and fuel inadequacy, shame, and self-blame (blame reversal). Usually, when you have important goals, it’s good to list them all in one place, yet I have never seen a list like this in an LDS publication. Perhaps because they need members to think about these things one at a time. Otherwise, they will realize how it is to do all of these things, and the blame reversal and shame will stop working.

Here are all Mormon commandments in one place:

  • Attend all meetings
  • Magnify your calling
  • Attend the Temple
  • Get baptized
  • Get endowed
  • Wear your garments always
  • Dress modestly
  • Maintain a clean appearance
  • Avoid the appearance of evil
  • Do not drink alcohol, coffee, or tea
  • No smoking
  • Don’t cuss
  • Do not watch rated-R movies or other inappropriate TV, books, music, or movies
  • Do not read anti-Mormon material
  • Keep one year food storage
  • Grow a garden
  • Do genealogy
  • Be honest
  • Don’t covet
  • Don’t lust
  • No murder (obviously)
  • Read the scriptures
  • Pray always
  • Keep a journal
  • Read LDS magazines
  • Do not masturbate
  • No necking, petting
  • Do not have sex before marriage
  • Do not commit adultery
  • No porn
  • No idols or other gods
  • No “witchcraft” (pagan, animistic, divination practices)
  • Listen only to uplifting music
  • Do not get tattoos or excessive piercings
  • Go on a mission
  • Try to convert your friends, co-workers
  • Avoid unrighteous people and places
  • Don’t go into bars
  • Have faith
  • Go home and visiting teaching
  • Fast
  • Pay tithing
  • Pay fast offering
  • Avoid being alone with members of the opposite sex
  • Give service to others
  • Feed the missionaries
  • Raise up your children the way they should go
  • Have a large family
  • Hold Family Home Evening, family prayer, family scripture study
  • Follow the Prophet
  • Magnify your talents
  • Honor your parents
  • Love God
  • Love your family
  • Love one another
  • Do not work on Sunday
  • Only do wholesome activities on Sunday
  • Volunteer at the canary and orchard
  • Don’t have gender reassignment surgery
  • Don’t cross dress (not even for theater)
  • Do not gossip
  • Do not criticize leaders
  • Partake of the sacrament
  • Repent
  • Do not take the Lord’s name in vain
  • Get married in the Temple
  • Be sealed to your family
  • Work hard
  • Bear your testimony
  • Seek after things virtuous, lovely, of good report, or praiseworthy
  • Keep your thoughts clean
  • Obey the laws of the land
  • Never gamble (not even bets with friends)
  • Do not get an abortion, or support anyone getting an abortion
  • Do not commit homosexual acts
  • Bridle your passions
  • Avoid associating with apostates, non-members, exmormons
  • Do not pray to Heavenly Mother
  • Oppose gay marriage
  • Additional rules sometimes apply at the Stake level (no masks on Halloween, wear dresses to mutual, etc)

Women:

  • Obey your husband
  • Be a homemaker
  • Be a good mom
  • Do not have a career

Youth:

  • Extra meetings
  • Do not dance before 14
  • Do not date before 16
  • Only group dates until 18, and even then, only with someone you think you might marry
  • Wear skirts below the knees (women)

Missionaries:

  • Anything the mission president says

Did I miss any? Contact me.