“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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