GOD DOES EXIST

This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and suffering that I have seen. It's an explanation people will understand.

A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and is beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. Then they eventually touched on the subject of God,

The barber: I don't believe that God exists.

The customer: Why do you say that?

The barber: 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 barber's shop again.

The customer: You know what? Barbers do not exist.

The barber: How can you say that? I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!

The customer: "No! Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside.

The barber: Ah! But barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do not come to me.

The customer: Exactly! That's the point! 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!