Post by aiza_22 on Dec 9, 2005 9:02:04 GMT -5
A man went to a barber shop to have his hair and his beard cut as
always. He started to have a good conversation with the barber who
attended to him. They talked about many things and various subjects.
Suddenly, they touched on the subject of God. The barber said: "Look
man, I don't believe that God exists as you say so." "Why do you say
that?" - asked the client. Well, it's so easy, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God does not exist. Oh, tell me, if God existed, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be no suffering nor pain. I can't think of a God who permits all of these things."
The client stopped for a moment thinking but he didn't want to respond so as to prevent an
argument. The barber finished his job and the client went out of the
shop. Just then he saw a man in the street with long hair and beard (it
seems that it had been a long time since he had his cut and he looked
so untidy). Then the client again entered the barber shop and he said
to the barber: You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How come they don't exist?"-asked the barber. "Well I am here and I am a barber." "No!" - the client exclaimed. "They don't exist because if
they did there would be no people with long hair and beard like that
man who walks in the street." "Ah, barbers do exist, what happens is
that people do not come to me."
"Exactly!"- affirmed the client. "That's the point. God 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."
