Virtual Reality, Social Media, Online Gaming and Internet Addiction

An Apostle for the Lord Jesus Christ shares his feelings on the virtual realm and its effect on individual behavior and human relationships. Please read the entire talk: http://bit.ly/2HVZh2 You'll be glad you did!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• virtual
• reality
• world
• social
• media
• online
• game
• gaming
• video
• new
• internet
• addiction
• addict
• human
• relationship
• unhealthy

[aaminapa]

This video is amazing! I love it, I totally agree!!

What is the man's name??

[DefendingMormonism]

@aaminapa His name is David A. Bednar, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (i.e. "Mormon" or "LDS" Church), and his title Elder is given to all apostles.

[grandtheftauto4123]

i Extreamly disagree with this video. i find that chat lines such as facebook and texing actually can get you and your friends together. i personally use chat lines to organize things with my friends. but gaming on the other hand is just a waste of time. (dont get mixed up with my name, my name was intended for literal meaning)

[DefendingMormonism]

@grandtheftauto4123 It's all about moderation in all things. Remember that Elder Bednar did not say that all of these things are evil in and of themselves. He said that if we spend too much time focusing on them, they can lessen time spent doing constructive positive things in our lives. Continue using these modern tools to better relationships.

[brismike65]

@DefendingMormonism whilst I may not agree with the religious aspects of this video, grand you put it very well

[DefendingMormonism]

@brismike65 Appreciate it. Much of what Elder Bednar says should be common sense, but what's more common nowadays is wasting lots of time in trivial online pursuits which take us away from making a difference in real life! Obviously there are many, many positive things to be done online. I created this channel to share my faith with many around the world. w/o digital connections I would obviously not be able to do this.

[LDSgirl1985]

Great, thank you! Parts of his talk spoke directly TO me, especially the downloading music and distributing burned CD's to others. I love how he's always very honest and vocal about the truth. I never thought of downloading music as being "Deceitful" before, but i guess he's right.

[allzago]

Yes, I was also spoken to as it relates downloading music. I pay for it, but from sites that offer songs for $0.14 per track. I am sure these sites are providing me with pirated rips, so my rationalizing won't help me on that one. Time to do some deleting.

[Krenisphia]

This video makes me love gaming even more. Thank you.

[BurnzyTheBassPlayer]

This is why everybody makes fun of religion.

[Fittlegroven]

I am a game developer and according to this man, I am "working with satan". Give me a break. People use video games to escape real life for a few hours a day and be happy for once. When I kill a person in a video game, how am I, in any way, harming anyone? Just because I play shooter games doesn't mean that I want to go postal and start shooting people in real life! Also the porn segment made me laugh. Has porn ever hurt anyone? No. You people are the reason I'm an agnostic. Stop forcing others

[brismike65]

@DefendingMormonism I does not matter if one agrees with Mormans or not as I stated this video is excellent and accurate and whilst the net may contain lots of things immoral (if you want to use that word) or trival the net can also empower. I guess it is a matter of weighing it up and avoiding the rubbish.

[kurakurokuru]

God ... help me. Where ever he is... I don't believe the internet is real ... I believe I am not real.