Wednesday, October 04, 2006

BEST EXPLANATION EVER !!!

This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain andsuffering that I have seen:

A man went to a barbershop to have hishaircut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a goodconversation. 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 God who would allow all of thesethings."

The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respondbecause 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 thestreet with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmedbeard. He looked dirty and unkempt. The customer turned back and entered the barber shop againand he said to the barber:

"You know what? Barbers do notexist."

"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 becauseif they did, there would be no people with dirty long hairand untrimmed beards, like that man outside."

"Ah, but barbers DO exist! That's what happens when peopledo not come to me."

"Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOESexist! That's what happens when people do not go to Him and don't lookto Him for help. That's! why there's so much pain and suffering in theworld."

How is it??? :)