Greetings friends,
Here is an enlightening view of the world "as it is" I found recently on
one of the discussion groups I participate in.
The original sender was "Bishop Raymond F. Kelly" <raykelly@erols.com>
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> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A Summary of the World~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> If we could shrink the Earth's population to a village of precisely
> 100 people. With all existing human ratios remaining the same, it
> would look like this:
>
> There would be 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Western
> Hemisphere (North and South) and 8 Africans.
>
> 51 would be female; 49 would be male
>
> 70 would be non-white; 30 white.
>
> 70 would be non-Christian; 30 Christian.
>
> 50% of the entire world's wealth would be in the hands of only 6
> people and all 6 would be citizens of 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
>
> Only 1 would have a college education.
>
> No one would own a computer
>
> When one considers our world from such an incredibly compressed
> perspective, the need for both tolerance and understanding becomes
> glaringly apparent........
>