Why wasn't it put into practical use like it is now? And which of the other signs Jesus gave us was happening in conjunction with the avatar technology in the 1950s?
What does this mean? If we believe what God says then he won't let it happen?
No, everything that God said will happen will happen. The issue is is that when people are warned about what is coming, and when the fact that the events of the Tribulation are beginning to come to pass now, and proof of that is presented to people, will they believe what God said and come to Him for salvation so that they can escape the coming judgment, or will they, like the people in Noah's day, laugh and ridicule and deny and choose to go through the judgment?
All I see on this thread are Luddites wringing their hands over a slightly new application of existing technology. It COULD be what's described in the Bible, therefore that technology is EVIL!
And all I see are people on this thread fulfilling the words of Jesus Christ when He said that the generation that exists when He returns will be like the days of Noah. Like I said on a previous post, Noah and his family went into the ark alone. The people then ignored and ridiculed God's warnings about what was coming just like they do now. They were warned and they chose to go through the judgment.
No one is against technology. But when we have the technology now, in our generation, that is sophisticated enough to put into practical use, and that technology just happens to match the warning in Revelation 13:15, it is the fool who laughs and denies instead of taking God at His word and taking Him seriously and realizing that this current age is rapidly coming to a close and everything that God said will happen will happen.
The facts are there for people who want to see.
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.