Does God Exist?

>DOES GOD EXIST?

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 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
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! 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."

fredifreeloader wrote: yes akmf nice story - may i have your permission to use it elsewhere?

yes, feel free