Post by ihrian on Jul 29, 2006 20:54:26 GMT -5
i was in history at school somethime last week i think, and the teacher handed these sheets around...i thought it was interesting!
Something to think about!
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 would have a college education
1 would own a computer
When one considers out 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 that the million who will not survive this week.
If you have never experienced the danger of batlte, 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 3 billion people.
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep…you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the back, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace…you are among the top8% of the world’s wealthy.
If your parents are still living and still married you are very rare.
cheers!
Something to think about!
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 would have a college education
1 would own a computer
When one considers out 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 that the million who will not survive this week.
If you have never experienced the danger of batlte, 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 3 billion people.
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep…you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the back, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace…you are among the top8% of the world’s wealthy.
If your parents are still living and still married you are very rare.
cheers!