kenobi@lightsabre.corp.sun.com (Rick Kwan - Sun Intercon) (03/16/90)
In article <Mar.11.00.12.19.1990.8432@athos.rutgers.edu> mdg@shogun.us.cc.umich.edu (Mike Gallatin) writes: >At the end of Revelation all the people of the world are to be judged >according to their works-all the people who have ever been. > >Do any of you Christian scientists (small 's' in scientists) out there >know of any approximations of how many people have ever lived up to the >present time and the rate they are increasing? I have lost track of this, but the majority are undoubtly alive *today*. Rate? Unfortunately, the "exponential" answer probably doesn't fit well anymore. In some places (like U.S.), the average family size is going down for various reasons which are interpreted as freedom. In other places (like mainland China, the most populace country for a while still), it is going down by the will of the state... Rick Kwan kenobi@corp.sun.com Sun Microsystems - Intercontinental Operations Rick Kwan (kenobi@sun.com) Sun Microsystems - Intercontinental Operations "Travellin' through hyperspace ain't like dustin' crops, boy." --Han Solo