BARBER

BARBER

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

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 loving a 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

un-kept. 
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.” 

“Do not ask the Lord to guide your 

footsteps if you”re not willing to move 

your feet