> Does God Exist? > > This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and > suffering that I have seen. It's an explanation many people will > understand. > > > A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. > As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. > They talked about so many things and various subjects.When they > eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don't > believe that God exists." > > "Why do you say that?" asked the customer. "Well, you just have to go > out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God > exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned > children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I > can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things." > > The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't > want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer > left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the > street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked > dirty and unkempt. > > The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said > to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist." "How can you say > that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber. And I > just worked on you!" "No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist > because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and > untrimmed beards, like that man outside." > > "Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do not come to me." > > "Exactly!"- affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES > exist! What happens, is, > people don't go to Him and do not look for Him. > That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world." > > If you think God exists, send this to other people > If you think God does not exist, delete it! > BE BLESSED & BE A BLESSING ! > > > >