Posted on 07/29/2012 3:04:49 AM PDT by GiovannaNicoletta
The future was among the arrivals at Newark Airport on Friday, in the form of a computer-generated greeter at the gate.
Travelers met “Libby.” She’s Newark Airport’s newest — and perhaps most chipper — customer service rep. You may have noticed that she’s a bit shallow, and she’s completely two-faced, but she’s always smiling, and she never complains.
“Hello, and welcome to Newark Liberty International Airport. You have arrived at Terminal B,” the avatar says.
(Excerpt) Read more at newyork.cbslocal.com ...
Gee, Giovanna, I never get that feeling when I go on some of the rides at Disneyworld....do you??
Did you ever see "I Love Lucy" or "Leave it to Beaver" or "The Andy Griffith Show"? The ability to project the image of a person to a large audience has been around for a very long time. This just a different implementation of that idea.
will they believe what God said and come to Him for salvation so that they can escape the coming judgment
I had a conversation on Facebook the other day with a guy who referred to Jesus as a "zombie" and was angry about the idea of different translations of the Bible, since that obviously means the book (that's just a book, of course) is corrupted and meaningless. It will take FAR more than you suggest to turn people like that around.
No one is against technology.
You obviously haven't seen many threads like this on FR.
The facts are there for people who want to see.
That is true, but I don't see how helpful it is to take the latest implementation of iOS, Windows 8, or Linux and start calling the sign of the End Times. We know it's coming, there's no sense in getting all worked up about it.
The rides at Disneyland are understood by all to be part of a theme park that is not meant to be taken as reality.
But when we now have an "image" that can speak and is placed in an environment that is at the moment somewhat alarming and unexpected, that's a horse of a different color. This is an "image" that can speak that is in the process of being normalized as part of everyday life.
So I would really have to say that the rides at Disneyland and the imposition of a speaking "image" at a place where no one paid to see it and no one asked to see it are two completely different issues.
Right. And which of the other signs that Jesus gave for His return were happening at the same time? And how did the primitive technology that existed then affect normal people in their everyday lives?
I had a conversation on Facebook the other day with a guy who referred to Jesus as a "zombie" and was angry about the idea of different translations of the Bible, since that obviously means the book (that's just a book, of course) is corrupted and meaningless. It will take FAR more than you suggest to turn people like that around.
You're right. When this "image" that is spoken of in Revelation 13:15 that the False Prophet forces everyone to worship is made into a reality, that is when the major judgments of the second half of the Tribulation begin, and that will drive millions to salvation. That is, I should clarify, those who have not taken the mark will have the opportunity for salvation. The forced worship of the "image" that speaks will not convince everyone that God told the truth in the Bible.
You obviously haven't seen many threads like this on FR.
I don't care about the other threads. This thread is about the fact that we now have the technology to create an "image" that speaks, and that image is being put into practical use, and people will be conditioned to accept an "image" that speaks so that when Revelation 13:15 comes to pass, millions of people will have no problem in worshiping that "image" of Revelation 13:15 and God will be proven right, yet again.
That is true, but I don't see how helpful it is to take the latest implementation of iOS, Windows 8, or Linux and start calling the sign of the End Times. We know it's coming, there's no sense in getting all worked up about it.
No one is telling you that you have to get "all worked up about it" although those of us who know Christ as Savior and know the signs He gave us for His return and see those signs happening and the stage being set are pretty "worked up" about our Savior returning and carrying out what He said He will do.
And, there are other people who will read about the fact that the stage -setting for the Tribulation is happening right now, and will get "all worked up" about it, and will come to Christ for salvation.
That's what this thread is about. It's about obeying Christ in getting the word out and rescuing the souls of people who choose to believe that God tells the truth.
Nobody here has ever gone to Disney in LA? Went through the Haunted House? Remember those talking heads? Way early technology than this. Anyway I think it’s cool. Now if they had that hologram thing from Star Wars, that’d be something.
I have found this to be the case in people especially when considering what I regard as truly beautiful women. I am always drawn to the less than perfect. This holds true also in the things that people make. I prefer, for instance, older homes, with odd angles and unexpected features.
Punctuate the wall of 1 X 1.6 pictures with an elongated rectangle and an odd oval.
Then view it in the company of a woman whose figure is slightly ecto or endo and whose profile is aquiline.
God has already put enough Golden Spirals in the universe around us.
Sparking fresh concerns on the commercial front was social media behemoth Facebook’s acquisition last month of the Israeli technology company Face.com. The acquisition enabled Facebook to implement a feature called “tag suggestions,” which lets the social networking site use facial recognition technology to make suggestions about who is in a picture. Users can opt out of this service, but the default setting is “on.”
Everything is coming together and very quickly!
God bless you, mlizzy!
http://www.geraldschroeder.com/AgeUniverse.aspx
There is nothing stopping you from growing in knowledge (and perhaps Grace), except your arrogance. A closed mind never catches anything.
Looks creepy, and she has 12 fingers?? Whatever.
Thanks for the ping!
Thank you.
Exactly. Things are neutral. They simply are. It is men who determine good or evil purposes for those things.
It’s this danged infernal glass touchscreen. More typos than i’ve ever made in my life, I cringe looking back over some of my replies, lol.
We are all doomed. I will die, and so will you. I just will keep making my plans according to the assumption that it won't be today.
Why does she have 6 fingers on each hand?
Only if it combines SHIRI to the Avatar...
[I despise the touchscreens on my iPhone and iPad]
“Auto-correct” is the spawn of Satan, too.
LOL
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