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 Does God Exist?

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 thebarber 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! 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.'