GOD exists
This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain
and
suffering
that I have seen. It"s an explanation other 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 a 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."
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