| Money = wealth = (IMO) mammon. Jesus' message is too clear in this
instance as well as in others regarding wealth. It's a tough pill
for us to swallow.
A friend from DC had jsut sent me an interesting message which I think
is pertinent. Among other things, it exposes just where we reside in
relation to money and wealth.
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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........
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