Eshtyle Raja
17th April 2006, 10:48 PM
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 or 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 do not exist because if they
did
there would not be people with long dirty hair and untrimmed beards,
like
that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers do exist! What happens is that people do not come
to me."
"Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too DOES
exist!
What happens is that people don't come to HIM and do not look for
HIM. That
is why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."
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 or 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 do not exist because if they
did
there would not be people with long dirty hair and untrimmed beards,
like
that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers do exist! What happens is that people do not come
to me."
"Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too DOES
exist!
What happens is that people don't come to HIM and do not look for
HIM. That
is why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."