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-- with all the human ratios existing in the world still remaining what would this tiny, diverse village look like? That's exactly what Phillip M. Harter, a medical doctor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, attempted to figure out. This is what he found........ 57 would be Asian 52 would be female 70 would be nonwhite 70 would be non-Christian 89 would be heterosexual 6 people would possess 59 percent of the entire village's wealth, 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 pregnant 1 would have a college education 1 would own a computer The following is an anonymous interpretation: And if you have a good house, food, can read and have a computer, you are among the very elite. If you woke up this morning with more health than illness... If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation... If you can attend a religious or church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death... If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace... If your parents are still alive and still married... If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful ... If you can hold someone's hand, hug them or even touch them on shoulder ... 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 that cannot read at all. |
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