A man went to a barber shop to
have his hair and his
beard cut as always. He started to have a good
conversation with the barber who attended him. They
talked about so many things and various subjects.
Suddenly, they touched the subject of God.
The barber said: "Look man, I don't believe that God exists as
you say."
"Why do you say that?" asked the client.
"Well, it's so easy, all you have to do is go out in
the street to realize that God does not exist. Oh,
tell me, if God existed, would there be so many sick
people? Would there be abandoned children? If God
existed, there would be no suffering nor pain. I can't
think of loving a God who permits all of these
things."
The client stopped for a moment thinking,
but didn't want to respond so as not to cause an
argument.
The barber finished his job and the client
left the shop. Just after leaving the barber shop he
saw a man in the street with long hair and beard (it
seems that it had been a long time since he had his
cut and he looked so untidy). The client went back to
the barber shop and said to the barber:
"You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say they don't exist?" asked the barber.
"Well, I am here and am a barber."
"No!" the client exclaimed. "They don't
exist because if they did there would be no people
with long hair and beard like that man who walks in
the street."
"Ah, barbers do exist, what happens is
that people do not come to me."
"Exactly!"- affirmed the client. "That's the point.
God 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."
If you like it, send it to other people. If you think
God does not exist, don't do it.
Absence of proof is not proof of absence
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