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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 60178">&gt; A glimpse of the world . . . &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; If we could shrink the earth&#039;s population to a village &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; ratios remaining the same, it would look something like &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; the following: &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; There would be: &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; 57 Asians &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; 21 Europeans &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; 14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; 8 Africans &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; 52 would be female &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; 48 would be male &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; 70 would be non_white &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; 30 would be white &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; 70 would be non-Christian &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; 30 would be Christian &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; 89 would be heterosexual &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; 11 would be homosexual &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; 6 people would possess 59% of the entire world&#039;s &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; wealth and all 6 would be from the United States. &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; 80 would live in substandard housing,70 would be unable &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; to read &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; 50 would suffer from malnutrition 1 would be near &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; death; 1 would be near birth &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; 1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; 1 would own a computer &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; When one considers our world from such a compressed &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; education becomes glaringly apparent. The following is &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; also something to ponder... &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; If you woke up this morning with more health than &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; illness... you are more blessed than the million who &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; will not survive this week. &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; If you have never experienced the danger of battle, &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; or the pangs of starvation ...you are ahead of 500 &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; million people in the world. &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; If you can attend a church meeting without fear of &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; harassment, arrest, torture, or death...you are more &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; blessed than three billion people in the world. &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep...you are &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; richer than 75% of this world. &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; spare change in a dish someplace ... you are among the &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; top 8% of the worlds wealthy. &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; If your parents are still alive and still married, you &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; are very rare. &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; If you can read this message, you just received a &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; double blessing in that someone was thinking of you, &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; and furthermore, you are more blessed than over two &gt; &gt;&nbsp; &gt; &gt; billion people in the world that cannot read at all. &gt;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 60178"] > A glimpse of the world . . . > > > > If we could shrink the earth's population to a village > > > > of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human > > > > ratios remaining the same, it would look something like > > > > the following: > > > > > > > > There would be: > > > > > > > > 57 Asians > > > > 21 Europeans > > > > 14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south > > > > 8 Africans > > > > > > > > 52 would be female > > > > 48 would be male > > > > > > > > 70 would be non_white > > > > 30 would be white > > > > > > > > 70 would be non-Christian > > > > 30 would be Christian > > > > > > > > 89 would be heterosexual > > > > 11 would be homosexual > > > > > > > > 6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's > > > > wealth and all 6 would be from the United States. > > > > > > > > 80 would live in substandard housing,70 would be unable > > > > to read > > > > > > > > 50 would suffer from malnutrition 1 would be near > > > > death; 1 would be near birth > > > > > > > > 1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education > > > > > > > > 1 would own a computer > > > > > > > > When one considers our world from such a compressed > > > > perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and > > > > education becomes glaringly apparent. The following is > > > > also something to ponder... > > > > > > > > If you woke up this morning with more health than > > > > illness... you are more blessed than the million who > > > > will not survive this week. > > > > > > > > If you have never experienced the danger of battle, > > > > the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, > > > > or the pangs of starvation ...you are ahead of 500 > > > > million people in the world. > > > > > > > > If you can attend a church meeting without fear of > > > > harassment, arrest, torture, or death...you are more > > > > blessed than three billion people in the world. > > > > > > > > If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your > > > > back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep...you are > > > > richer than 75% of this world. > > > > > > > > If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and > > > > spare change in a dish someplace ... you are among the > > > > top 8% of the worlds wealthy. > > > > > > > > If your parents are still alive and still married, you > > > > are very rare. > > > > > > > > If you can read this message, you just received a > > > > double blessing in that someone was thinking of you, > > > > and furthermore, you are more blessed than over two > > > > billion people in the world that cannot read at all. > [/QUOTE]

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