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myboynoah · 05-02-2006, 02:05 PM

Mrs. myboynoah tells me that a friend from Utah said that her Bishop read a letter over the pulpit yesterday discouraging (prohibiting?) the use of MySpace by YM/YW. The Bishop then cited an example of bad MySpace behavior by the son of my wife's friend (no names used).

Were similar letters read in your wards or branches? Is this just a Utah or U.S. thing? This type of thing rarely makes it this far to us.

My two daughters are active on MySpace under very strict guidelines. We monitor them pretty closely and it may be time for a "raid" tonight. The 13-year-old is notorious for telling people that want to be her "friend" that they need to clean the profanity and such from their "spaces" in order to qualify for the privilege.

Did anyone else read the Business Week article "My Virtual Life" on multiplayer online virtual life/world games like Second Life? IMO, if MySpace makes you nervous, Second Life will make you poop your pants.

05-02-2006, 02:05 PM	#1
myboynoah Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Memphis freakin' Tennessee!!!!! Posts: 4,530	Church Discouraging MySpace? Mrs. myboynoah tells me that a friend from Utah said that her Bishop read a letter over the pulpit yesterday discouraging (prohibiting?) the use of MySpace by YM/YW. The Bishop then cited an example of bad MySpace behavior by the son of my wife's friend (no names used). Were similar letters read in your wards or branches? Is this just a Utah or U.S. thing? This type of thing rarely makes it this far to us. My two daughters are active on MySpace under very strict guidelines. We monitor them pretty closely and it may be time for a "raid" tonight. The 13-year-old is notorious for telling people that want to be her "friend" that they need to clean the profanity and such from their "spaces" in order to qualify for the privilege. Did anyone else read the Business Week article "My Virtual Life" on multiplayer online virtual life/world games like Second Life? IMO, if MySpace makes you nervous, Second Life will make you poop your pants. __________________ Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith.