>BEST EXPLANATION EVER!
>
>This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and suffering
>that I have seen: 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 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 unkept.
>
>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! 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."
>
>If you think God exists, send this to other people--- If you think God does
>not exist, delete it!
>
>BE BLESSED & BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS
2007-03-26
01:46:57
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RAVIE G
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