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Does God Exist?
My sister emailed this to me. I thought it was pretty good and wanted to share it with all of you.
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 abused and 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."
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 abused and 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."
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Comment by NDE-Space on July 8, 2009 at 12:10am - Amen! So true.
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Comment by RabbitDawg on July 20, 2009 at 2:44pm -
I screamed at God for all the starving children in the world,
Then I realized
- The starving children in the world - they were God screaming at me.
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Comment by Lynn Belding on July 20, 2009 at 7:07pm
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WOW Henry Please give us more of your incredible words
PS WOW is my new favorite word
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Comment by phyllida anam-aire on August 26, 2009 at 4:57am -
love your story Lynn...
I hope you got my book , posted it a long time ago. Also hope you found it ok. for you. Be well in all of you .If ever you are in Germany , you are welcome to come here....love and joy , phyllida.
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Comment by phyllida anam-aire on August 26, 2009 at 4:58am
- Henry, this is GOOD . KEEP FEEDING US ...Thank you , love Phyllida.
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Comment by Perry Steinbach on September 10, 2009 at 10:26pm - I'm going to send this to all my friends, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:o)
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Comment by rudenski rudenski on September 12, 2009 at 10:38am -
Lynn.
Thank you for the delight in your soul that recognizes what is true... I thought about what was said here... and on the other site and let my soul take it where it went...
God exists for every soul who has ever delighted in a beautiful sunset....or admired a butterfly as it drifted by...floating on the air... and God exists in a mother's smile... as she looks at her child share a toy with a friend... God exists when an old woman gives a seat on the bus to a young woman with frazzled hair and three kids clinging on to her dress... God exists in the playful laughter of children as they play nice with one another on a playground in Ad-Dawr, Al-Qādisiyyah, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Athens, Atlanta, Annapolis, Auckland, Alberta, Albany, Austin, Alameda, Acapulco, Anchorage, Arad, Alice Springs, Basra, on the Hopi Indian Reservation in the four corners area near the North West corner of New Mexico, and Fallujah; God exists in the pause of the soldier whose tense finger firmly touches the trigger, looks through his gun-sight...and rests as he realizes the dark shambling movement ahead is that of the kind and ancient old man from the village; God exists in the joyful laughter on the lips of children far away in Xai Xai- Mozambique , Xangongo- Angola, Xanxere- Brazil; God even exists in Xuzhou- China for children there who do not believe there is a God/// but believe joyful laughter... or a gentleness shown... a kindness or compassion from anyone, anywhere for any reason.... just God by another name...
God exists in most everyone and everything... and while there are a very tiny few who have never had one moment of joyful laughter, ever acted with gentleness, acted kind in any way, could not show compassion to anyone, anywhere for any reason, the prime mistake is to assume that many billions of God's children do not know God... God by many names is planted among those who know the God we know and even in the hearts of those who do not know the God we know at all...
God doesn't throw away anything that is in any way joyful or gentle, meek or kind... God who is love... loves the love in you and me and even the love in those who do not believe in the God of our understanding.... If knowing the God of our understanding helps us add more light to the world and if knowing the God of our understanding helps us learn to act with compassion toward our fellow human being and all of God's creations great and small then we do well... but if knowing the God of our understanding makes us believe there are many billions of people that do not know God and there are many names that God is called... then we have failed to understand how much God loves the love in all... every last one of us... and God will never throw away love... from anyone or anything... All love is saved by God who is love....
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I just finished reading this through blinding tears of recognition of the truth.
I LOVE YOU
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I first discovered my souls true calling back in 2000, music... I have been a songwriter and guitarist since I was eleven, and am now currently in the process of recording my upcoming album, "The Distance Between Us." I play Alternative/Indie/Instru…
Thank you!
Your blog is so sweet. Being loved unconditionally and understood is what we all wish for.
Love to you and Tommy
Lynn
awwww, thank you so much! I'm so grateful to be getting to know all of you, you all are truly wonderful souls!
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