|   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.' |   
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                                          |  | '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? |   
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                                          |  | 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. |   
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                                          |  | 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.'  
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                                          |  | '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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                                          |  | That's 
                                              the point! God DOES exist!
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                                          |  | BE 
                                              BLESSED & BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS 
                                              !!!!!!! 
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