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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.
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This was sent to me by friend Keith,
the sage of Beatrice.
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