Think G-d Doesn’t Exist? Read This…
If you’re one of those people who think G-d doesn’t exist, you better hold your hat when you read this…
Paying Attention to Emails
It’s not always that I open up “forwards” of emails sent by well-meaning friends and family to my email inbox. Sometimes I just don’t have the time to pour through mounds of click-throughs to get to the underlying message that was encased in about 15 levels of forwards, and sometimes it’s the subject of some of these forwarded messages (sex, violence, Obama…) that I’d rather not read.
Recently, I’ve been receiving forwards from a friend of mine. This morning, I happened upon one of Jim’s recent forwards. I don’t know who authored this write-up, but my kippa is off to whoever it was, since it’s one of the most interesting and down-to-earth explanations of why G-d does indeed exist.
The Barber
A man went to a barber shop 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 G-d, the barber said: “I don’t believe that G-d exists.”
“Why do you say that?” asked the customer.
“Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that G-d doesn’t exist. Tell me, if G-d exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If G-d existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can’t imagine a loving G-d 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! That’s what happens when people do not come to me.”
“Exactly!” affirmed the customer. “That’s the point! G-d, 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.”
– Source Unknown
‘Nuff Said…
You gotta admit, that says it all…
