18th september 2011 in the normal course of events a child will go on to become a parent  ( on average 2 children ) in the abnormal course of events this will not happen a child who was killed 2000 years ago has had her or his genetic line broken 2 children each generation for 80 generations is 160 160 people who would have lived but didn't further... all the ancestors of that particular genetic line will not see the light of day again this undulation this is guesswork but let's say that this particular genetic line began 10 000 years before the child was killed 10 000 years is 400 generations. 400 generations is 836 people further still... the generations that would have followed from this time onward genetic theory is not yet fully formulated but let's say that a typical genetic line today will persist for 100 000 000 million years into the future the total number of people who have been robbed of their god-given right to live is closer to 10 000 than it is to 1000 10 000 people who would have existed have had their right to live extinguished   this web site predicts that by the year 3000 murder will be reclassified as mass murder   see also crime and ethical parameters to see who is doing all the killing see the three party interpretation