homeless man makes a good point.
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."
homeless man makes a good point.
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homeless man makes a good point.
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dude that was fucking awesome, and fit the reality of our saituation perfectly.
homeless man makes a good point.
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I've heard this or something similar before but it is a great analogy nonetheless.
homeless man makes a good point.
yep, if we all just went to god we'd never suffer. what an innovative concept :rolleyes:
homeless man makes a good point.
homeless man makes a good point.
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
homeless man makes a good point.
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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.
homeless man makes a good point.
THERE IS TRUTHLY A HIGHER BEING!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumbsup:
homeless man makes a good point.
I'm atheist.
But you make a good argument...especially GanjaASD...because she's sexy.
