I love these forums and as a technologist would like to share some thoughts, I have been thinking about how important the new sciences are that enable global communications, particularly the WWW. IMHO the Baha'i revelation has spawned these earth embracing advancements as part of the physics needed to accomplish such a task. In other words standing in one spot of the earth and proclaiming something means nothing if the only means of its dispersal are merely word of mouth. In fact this has been the reason why past revelations have taken decades for their influence to effect the diverse societies on planet earth. Since the proclamation of the Bab on the same day that Morse code was invented, science has gone exponential in its growth. Particularly with regard to the ability for a single person to reach millions maybe billions of souls instantly at near the speed of light. Therefore I put it to you that these inventions should be used vigorously in all its forms to reach out to a humanity starved of the call to unity in this infant faith of Baha'u'llah. The WWW with its amazing power, as of yet not fully realized, needs to be used for the sharing of the principals of the Baha'i faith. As an example of this take the new 'Avatar' movie by James Cameron, for which I have posted on several Avatar forums the following post as an example. This movie has stirred many people to feel blue ;o) about their current life and its apparent lack of direction and meaning here on planet earth. So I would like to rally the troops so to speak, to speak out and share what we know and have.

Naviblue.com - James Cameron's Avatar Movie Fan Site • View topic - Is this happening to anyone else? (http://naviblue.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=142&p=1804&hilit=baha%27i#p1804)

I have seen Avatar, six times! six times I have gone back to see this movies, am I insane? or is just the 3D and mind blowing CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) tying a knot in my heart and brain. It floats in my mind like a glimpse of paradise lost, beckoning me to find it. I see magic in this simple well trodden tail :o) where the Navi have a simplistic undivided spirituality that leaves them totally united with their surroundings and the various animals of their world including themselves. This coupled with the outstanding realism pulls on my heart strings with a longing that I know cannot be equaled in my real world, but wait lets engage some imagination, dream a little or a lot and see what might be, if only. Imagine "The Oneness of Mankind" a united humanity, free from the ravages of war, "The Elimination of Prejudice of All Kinds" and "The Equality of Women and Men". Imagine "The Essential Harmony of Science and Religion" where the application of science would be for the benefit of mankind and his environment. Imagine the earth filled with hearts and souls linked and united in the glory of "The Oneness of Mankind", "The Oneness of Religion" and its effect on the earth our mother. Knowledge arts and sciences taught to all "Universal Compulsory Education", is this our Pandora, a real tangible vision of what could be. Well according to Baha'u'llah its our destiny, waiting for us to just mirror forth spiritual attributes to reflect our noble promised future, just waiting for us to cast aside the veils that have hindered and stopped such a noble cause from fruition. So maybe Avatar plucks my heart strings as a fantasy based on a deep down longing that every person has imprinted on the very fabric of their being, One Country, One World, One Race, but wait its just a movie and dreams are for fools? it could never happen, we don't have a living neural network like Pandora, this may be true, but think maybe not a natural built system, but a man made system. Consider since the invention of Morse Code in 1844 in just over 160 years the mind boggles as the World Wide Web streams out like roots to all parts and places of our globe, and each single individual can connect millions, billions of others at near the speed of light. So is this a fools dream? or from a prison in 'Akka did Baha'u'llah call out to our hearts to fulfill our destiny and James Cameron's Avatar just by chance happened upon a hidden dream deep down in soul of each and everyone of us just waiting to be released from the prison of our hearts and minds. As you can tell I am a Baha'i, but I don't know how else we could reach Pandora.

Here's another great thread from an Avatar forum, check it out.

http://naviblue.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=353

I saw Avatar 4 times as well, i loved that movie. I think you're right, but it would have to be the new generation of Baha'is to fully embrace the power of new technology I think. Hard to teach old dogs new tricks :D