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 something like this:

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* 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. * 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. * 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. * Only 1 would have a college education. * No one would own a computer.

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When one considers our world from such an incredibly compressed perspective, the need for both tolerance and understanding becomes glaringly apparent.

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The following is also something to ponder...

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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 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 can read this message
…you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.