World - Overflowing growth of population

Insight from Mr. Ropke on things presented as interesting in regards to the world population growth.

"Even the dramatic episodes of existence - birth, sickness, and death - take place in collectivized institutions. Our hospitals are medical factories, with divisions of labor between all sorts of health mechanics and technicians dealing with the body. People live in mass quarters, superimposed upon each other vertically and extending horizontally as far as the eye can see; they work in mass factories or offices in hierarchical subordination; they spend their Sundays and vacations in masses, read books and newspapers printed in millions and of a level that usually corresponds to these mass sales............flock in hundreds of thousands as thrilled spectators to the same sports stadiums. Only the churches are empty, almost a refuge of solitude."

Thought provoking take on how we exist today. Think about it and I think you can relate somewhat - especially if you have visited Six Flags! Watching the news last week and they reported on the crane that fell in New York City I thought about people living in vertical mass while watching the video footage. The part on the churches brings it home as well. Approximately 12,000 people call Camp County home and most believe in a 'higher authority' known to many as GOD. However, many of the churches in Camp County are empty on Sunday mornings. Out of the 12,000, most likely only about 3,000 make it to a church service on Sunday mornings to fellowship with other believers. Is this a population issue?

It is becoming harder to escape the rising flood of people. Some say this drags us down and makes us creatures of the herd. Guess this is where the term 'herd mentality' arrived. Is there such a thing as a human compound? Does spiritual and moral existence play apart in the herd? Is this the answer to why we have some many corrupt leaders today? Is this the reason for so many non-thinkers in our society today?