JESSCOTT MUSIC MINISTRIES
The Existence of God
The Bible says to have an answer for why you believe for 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 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 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 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."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."
