Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!princeton!njin!paul.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: irani@brahms.udel.edu (Jennifer Irani) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: American Lifestyle Message-ID: Date: 11 May 91 03:34:22 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 28 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu The American Lifestyle: By the age of 70, the average American will have spent: -3 years in education -6 years in eating -11 years working -24 years sleeping -5.5 years washing and dressing -6 years in walking -3 years in reading -6 months in church DO YOU WANT TO SPEND YOUR LIFE OR INVEST IT?! In one year, the avg. American will have spent: -$146 on fastfood -$64 dollars on soda -$34 on entertainment -$15 on missions (less than 1% of the income of American Christians goes toward foreign missions) IF EVERY U.S. CHURCH MEMBER WERE TO LOSE HIS JOB AND GO ON WELFARE, AND GIVE 10% (TITHE) OF THE WELFARE CHECK, GIVING WOULD INCREASE BY 30%!! Jennifer Irani irani@brahms.udel.edu class of 1991 !!