In August of 2001, President Henry B. Eyring gave a remarkable prophecy. He said that LDS youth cannot just “go with the flow” anymore and expect to remain righteous. He then prophesied of what is to come in the future: “The flow has become a flood and soon will be a torrent. It will become a torrent of sounds and sights and sensations that invite temptation and offend the Spirit of God.”
Just a few short months after President Eyring prophesied of the torrent of sounds, sights, and sensations about to hit our youth, the first iPod was introduced to the general public. Two years later, the first video iPod came out. The youth of today are the first generation to be able to carry thousands of songs, images, and videos in the palm of their hand, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
Not only have iPods blossomed, but since 2001, so have cultural phenomenons like You-Tube, Google Images, MySpace, Facebook, Wikipedia, Nintendo Wii, Sony PSP , satellite radio, high-definition TV, and home theater systems. Truly a torrent of sounds, sights, and sensations has washed over this current generation like never before in the history of the world. If ever there was a need to understand why it matters so much what we watch, it is now.
