This
is one of the best explanations
of why God allows pain and
suffering that I have seen....
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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.'
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'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?
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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.
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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.'
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'Ah,
but barbers DO exist!
That's what happens
when people do not come
to me.'
'Exactly!'
affirmed the customer.
'That's the point! God,
too, DOES exist!
That's
what happens when people
do not go to Him and
don't look to Him for
help.
That's
why there's so much
pain and suffering in
the world.'
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That's
the point! God DOES
exist!
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BE
BLESSED & BE A BLESSING
TO OTHERS !!!!!!!
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