Just sharing a short post from guitar4christ. Nice
analogy.
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The Barber Who Believed That God Doesnt Exist:
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 him. They talked about so many things and various
subjects.
Suddenly, they touched 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 after he left the barber shop he saw a man in the street with
a 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: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."
...live passionately...laugh frequently...love
extravagantly..
