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 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! 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."
2006-07-26 05:00:16 · 20 answers · asked by . 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sadly,unbelievers wil only mock this. God bless.
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2006-07-26 05:06:51 · answer #1 · answered by Pashur 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When you go to a barber and say, "give me a haircut", you get a haircut.
God says that he answers prayers. Look at John 14:12-14:
"I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it."
Note the words ANYONE and ANYTHING.
So an amputee goes to God and prays for his limb to be restored. What happens? Nothing. We all know that. Pray for anything - nothing happens. Watch this video:
http://www.whywontgodhealamputees.com/video.htm
It is obvious that God does not exist. The barber is right.
2006-07-26 13:16:31 · answer #2 · answered by godflagusa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
But wait, the unkept hair guy could see the barber if the barber walked up to him. An atheist can't see god. If god was real we could see him, just like the unkept hair guy could see the barber.
2006-07-26 12:07:47 · answer #3 · answered by cypher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a nice story.
Still, comparing world hunger, wars, and disease to a local barber shop - a lot of people will roll their eyes.
Still a nice story though.
2006-07-26 12:05:46 · answer #4 · answered by pezdispenserwisdom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh my gosh, that's a really good way of explaining that. I've always wondered about that myself and I've been having a really hard time with it. Thank you so much for sharing that! I guess it's the little things you do that make the most difference.
2006-07-26 12:26:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
like you said, best explanation ever. clever of that man to use the barber's logic against him. good reasonable stuff
2006-07-26 12:03:52 · answer #6 · answered by metronome 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is truely a comparison for a believer. Can you see your "god"??? Can you see a barber??? Point!
2006-07-26 12:07:28 · answer #7 · answered by Thomas S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God exists inside YOU... don't need to search ... look in your own heart. No one needs to follow any book or be like a lost puppy and follow ... oganized religion is just a business.. what is objective of any business??? TO MAKE MONEY!!!
Just follow your heart!!!
2006-07-26 12:05:26 · answer #8 · answered by wolfeex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is really cool. there is one little thing that i'd like to add. the reason there is war and rumors of wars and children on the streets and bad things happening to the world like global warming and stuff..is because these signs mean that Jesus IS coming!!!! Let us prepare ourselves for Jesus! for he IS coming soon! :D :D :D
2006-07-26 12:15:41 · answer #9 · answered by unitedsoccerplayer_76 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can justify anything. Sure that solves everything im a believer now. Childern are starving and dieing in africa because they dont beleive.
2006-07-26 12:02:15 · answer #10 · answered by the holy divine one 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋