"Why do you hang around with sinners?" the Pharisees and scribes had asked Jesus. “Why do you give them any attention at all? Why don't you spend your time with righteous people?" What they really meant was this: "Why are you almost always with street people and welfare families and unwed mothers? Why don't you hang out exclusively with people like us? We are the crème de la crème of religion!"
Is Old Age Affordable?
On the front of today’s bulletin there are some statistics from The Economist, arguably the most comprehensive news magazine ever published. They estimate that by 2050 one in 6 people in the world will be over 65 years old. In 2019, they say, one out of every 11 people was older than 65. Can a time come when there are too many old people for the world economy to sustain them? Can society afford to keep the elderly living indefinitely?