“The Old Blame God Game”
A man went to a
barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed.
As his barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation.
They talked about 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 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 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 un-kempt.
The customer turned back and entered The barber shop again and 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! 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
for Him.
That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."
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