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 as he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street
with long, stringy, filthy 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 or Him.  That's why there's so much pain and suffering in
the world."

Author Unknown.



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