A BEAUTIFUL ANALOGY!
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! answered the barber. " 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."
