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