homeless man makes a good point.

[Ganj]

The Bible says to have an answer for why you believe, to those who ask you. This is a good example of an answer to one of the most common reasons people give for ignoring God and His goodness.

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. "Tha t's the p oint! 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."

[Stoner Shadow Wolf]

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dude that was fucking awesome, and fit the reality of our saituation perfectly.

[Juggalotus17]

/applause

I've heard this or something similar before but it is a great analogy nonetheless.

[mrdevious]

yep, if we all just went to god we'd never suffer. what an innovative concept :rolleyes:

[Miggoll]

:clap:

[wes dawg]

Thats a pretty good analogy dude.

Anyone who says that God doesn't exist due to the presence of evil and suffering in the world is mistaken, because evil and suffering is a consequence of our own actions on Earth, yes ladies and gentlemen, free will, and if there was no suffering on the world we wouldn't be free because God would constantly be helping us make the right descisions in order to ensure we were always satisfied.

I rekon suffering can be a good thing, as long as you can learn from your mistakes it can make you a better person in the long run.

Peace

[beachguy in thongs]

because evil and suffering is a consequence of our own actions on Earth, yes ladies and gentlemen,

Peace

Look up Otosclerosis. It's hereditary suffering.

God sends people down to Earth with this.

[GanjaASD847]

THERE IS TRUTHLY A HIGHER BEING!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumbsup:

[maskedpantsman]

I'm atheist.
But you make a good argument...especially GanjaASD...because she's sexy.

[hank]

:)

best regards

[robert42]

We're in one of the richest countries in the world,
but the minimum wage is lower than it was thirty five years ago.
There are homeless people everywhere.
This homeless guy asked me for money the other day.
I was about to give it to him and then I thought he was going to use it on drugs or alcohol.
And then I thought, that's what I'm going to use it on.
Why am I judging this poor bastard.
People love to judge homeless guys. Like if you give them money they're just going to waste it.
Well, he lives in a box, what do you want him to do? Save it up and buy a wall unit?
Take a little run to the store for a throw rug and a CD rack? He's homeless.
I walked behind this guy the other day.
A homeless guy asked him for money.
He looks right at the homeless guy and says why don't you go get a job you bum.
People always say that to homeless guys like it is so easy.
This homeless guy was wearing his underwear outside his pants.
Outside his pants. I'm guessing his resume isn't all up to date.
I'm predicting some problems during the interview process.
I'm pretty sure even McDonalds has a "underwear goes inside the pants" policy.
Not that they enforce it really strictly, but technically I'm sure it is on the books.

[Breukelen advocaat]

There are many "homeless" people in NYC (and elsewhere) that live like royalty - they are on the dole, and still go out to panhandle, beg, or whatever. Even if they make a few dollars an hour, it's not taxed and they get to keep 100%, in addition to whatever benefits they are fleecing us for.

I'm all in favor of helping people that have had a run of bad luck, giving them a chance to get back on their feet, etc. Unfortunately, there are many undeserving folks who take advantage and get greedy.

Many of the homeless in New York are mentally ill and should be in asylums where they will receive the proper care. Enough innocent people have been pushed on the train tracks and killed, or attacked in other ways, by them that I don't want them running around on the loose any more.

In the 1970â??s, (then) NYS Governor Hugh Carey closed many of the hospitals and put the patients in SROâ??s (single room occupancy hotels) at the taxpayers' expense. The people that made out the best were the hotel owners and do-gooder lawyers from the ACLU who made it their business to see to it that they have â??rightsâ?� â?? to do whatever the hell they want, regardless of the consequences.