’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
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world’s wealth (and all 6 would be from the U. S.)
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 make it through the day you are better off than 150,000 people who die every single day.
’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
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