Comments on: Elder Bednar’s CES Fireside Talk on Truth, the Body, and the Use of Media

By: Bjarnson

Bjarnson — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:12:06 +0000

Elder Bednar’s advice is timely and important. I have observed college students within verbal distance of each other texting rather than having a face-to-face verbal conversation. Other students complain that on dates they have experienced their girlfriend or boyfriend taking cell phone call or texting instead of focusing on them. We can make a difference in the world by urging others to read Elder Bednar’s talk and by role modeling the value of face to face communication. What a great message!

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:02:18 +0000

I am SO grateful for General Authorities who will address issues that plague our society. I am grateful that issues are dealt with openly and forthright. I have a wife who spends much more time with an online male “friend.” When I send romantic e-cards they aren’t received with the same enthusiasm as is her “friends” emails! Our troubles began the day she got a Face Book account and spends ALL day socializing and leaves the dishes, laundry and shopping for me to do when I come home after working two jobs. A news segment highlighted the fact that in the past year, Americans have more than doubled their internet time, and Face Book socializing has accounted for the majority of this wasted time. Thank you Elder Bednar for addressing this topic, I only hope that it can help save my marriage.

By: mormonwomen

mormonwomen — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:58:58 +0000

We also liked his two questions to consider as we prayerfully determine if our own participation in media (the time we spend and how we spend it) is a good thing.

1. Does what you are doing invite or impede the influence of the Holy Ghost?

2. Does the time you spend “enlarge or restrict your capacity to live, to love, and to serve in meaningful ways?”