Computer Ethics and The Church of Jesus Christ

When we graduate from BYU, if not already, we will be the technology experts of our circles of friends. This gives us a greater responsibility to show how to properly use technology. Specifically, how to avoid pornography. We need to open the eyes of many who either take computers out of their homes, or just put their head in the sand believing that their kids won't have problems with computers in their homes. Parents need to know that no filter makes computers perfectly safe. They need to know that kids have a lot of time on their hands when they are alone at home. If they are "hooked" they can spend hours trying to figure out how to view inappropriate material while losing any way of being apprehended. The principles need to be taught to children before they hit puberty. This gives them a way to know that sex is wonderful, but if pulled out of the context of marriage, it can become one of the most destructive and damning influences on the earth.

Online Gaming

I started playing online games when they first came into existence. It gave me an incentive to learn how to type and I had a way to spend my free time with friends in my ward. I was on the cross country team, and I played the viola in the orchestra. However, my grades were not as they should be and only improved when I stopped playing video games all together.  Online games are especially difficult to stop because there isn't a way to pause the game.  The games I played did allow a pause, but no one wanted to wait so they would resume the game before I was ready. This caused conflict between me and my mother. She would want me to do a chore, and I didn't want to because I was in the middle of a game. When most of my gaming friends moved, I decided to focus on school. No one ridiculed me during the time I wasn't playing video games, but it was difficult finding a social life.