One of my favorite Book of Mormon heros is Captain Moroni. The Book of Mormon seminary video about Captain Moroni is now available on Google Video.
There are also several other seminary videos on Google Video, which you can also embed in your website:
Becoming Children of Christ
The Pride Cycle
For Our Day
Pride
Allegory of the Olive Tree
Overview of the Book of Mormon
I recently listened to a CBS News interview with John Shehan, manager of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s CyberTipline. He talked about the dangers to children of online communities like MySpace.com, particularly because children and teenagers tend to publish too much personal information. Predators frequent these sites and employ a variety of methods to find victims. Mr. Shehan said one common method predators employ is to pretend to be atheist and engage in religious conversations with a religious girl. The predator gets close to the girl by debating religious topics, and the girl thinks she is converting the atheist to her religion.
This strikes me as especially plausible for young Mormon girls, who might be tricked into naively conversing with a predator under the guise of converting him to Mormonism. (For example, it’s not difficult to find Mormon girls on MySpace.com, and a predator might seek them out knowing their tendency to be open about their religion.)
Mr. Shehan said parents should speak to their children about their online behaviors and should give them enough attention that they don’t look for it online.
Source: Larry Magid’s Tech Report (Feb 3, 2006) [mp3]