Exists or Not Exists

Yesterday (Easter Sunday) I had in my mind this blog working. Between falling asleep and not remembering what I was thinking about and not feeling great I completely skipped it. So sad cause I felt like it was an awesome blog (in my head) and now I can't remember how I was putting it all together. But today I was checking my email and got a great forward from my dad! I'm one of those people that doesn't know how to respond when people say God doesn't exist or that the Bible is a fairy tale. This is the email:

 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 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 barbershop 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.'

Wonderful! I loved it. So there is a response if you ever need one! :)

Hopefully tomorrow I will post something I actually put some thought into!