CubaManiac
09-17-2001, 10:22 PM
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Our Global Community
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 African
:o :o :o :o
Of those people...
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 or religious 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 world's wealthy.
If your parents are still alive and still married...you are very rare,
even in the United States and Canada.
If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly
thankful...you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.
If you can hold somebody's hand, hug them, or even touch them on the
shoulder...you are blessed because you can offer healing touch.
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 who cannot read at all.
Our Global Community
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 African
:o :o :o :o
Of those people...
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 or religious 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 world's wealthy.
If your parents are still alive and still married...you are very rare,
even in the United States and Canada.
If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly
thankful...you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.
If you can hold somebody's hand, hug them, or even touch them on the
shoulder...you are blessed because you can offer healing touch.
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 who cannot read at all.