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Jul 28, 2019 1:27PM PDT

Or not.
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019/05/europe/finland-fake-news-intl/

The usual warnings:
> It's from CNN, so half of you will treat it as fake, per your digital DNA.
> it's from CNN, so half of you will read and adopt a couple of ¶ as gospel, per your digital DNA.
It's a story of man's attempt to solve a man-made problem, so it's offered with no guarantees.

Looks interesting, though. Maybe two or three Mods will have useful comments.

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Finland is almost a single race
Jul 28, 2019 5:03PM PDT
Finland = Finn 93.4%, Swede 5.7%, Sami (Lapp) 0.1%, Roma 0.2%, Estonian 0.2%

Wow, less than 1% non-white population.

Population Density and Area in Finland

The country has a very low population density of 18 people per square kilometer (46 people per square mile), which ranks 201st in the world and makes Finland one of the most sparsely populated countries of the European Union.

Cold as heck, so a warm Finn is a happy Finn, and slow population growth, 70% Christian groups, and more....
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One advantage to homogeneous populations
Jul 29, 2019 3:27AM PDT

is that it's much easier to find DNA matches in the case of medical need. Diseases whose cure is treatment by stem or bone marrow transplant are reportedly more successful in places like Japan and China if the blood line isn't tainted. Of course the downside is that weaker genes tend to avoid the weeding process and continue to thrive. As well, folks that outlive their life expectancy add to population growth. Anytime man tries to skirt around the master plan and clean up something, he also makes another mess.

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Huh? (The universal word.)
Jul 30, 2019 10:38AM PDT

"weaker genes tend to avoid the weeding process and continue to thrive"

You're on steadier ground with "Anytime man tries to skirt around the master plan and clean up something, he also makes another mess", except we say "purpose" rather than "plan".
The first purpose was for man to govern himself under Jehovah's direction. Gen 1 & 2. Since Gen 3, it's been one fine mess after another. Fortunately, we have Mt 6:9,10 to look for.

Right?

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Mods, was a reply deleted?
Jul 30, 2019 10:05AM PDT

Got a notice of reply, but none here when I looked. Just asking.