A man went to a barber shop to have his hair and his beard
cut as always. He started to have a good conversation with the barber who
attended him. They talked about so many things and various subjects. Suddenly,
they touched the subject of God. The barber said: "Look man, I don't believe
that God exists as you say."
"Why do you say that?" asked the client.
"Well, it's so easy, you just have to go out in the street
to realize that God does not exist. Oh, tell me, if God existed, would there be
so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there
would be no suffering nor pain. I can't think of loving a God who permits all of
these things."
The client stopped for a moment thinking, but he didn't want
to respond as to cause an argument. The barber finished his job and the client
went out of the shop. Just after he left the barber shop he saw a man in the
street with a long hair and beard (it seems that it had been a long time since
he had his cut and he looked so untidy).
Then the client again entered the barber shop and he said to
the barber,
"You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say they don't exist?" asked the barber. "Well
I am here and I am a barber."
"No!" the client exclaimed. "They don't exist because if
they did there would be no people with long hair and a beard like that man who
walks in the street."
"Ah, barbers do exist, what happens is that people do not
come to me."
"Exactly!"- affirmed the client. "That's the point. God 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."
GOD IS GREAT!
A boy was sitting on a park bench with one hand resting on
an open Bible. He was loudly exclaiming his praise to God. "Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! God is great!" he yelled without worrying whether anyone heard him
or not.
Shortly after, along came a man who had recently completed some studies at a local university. Feeling himself very enlightened in the ways of truth and very eager to show this enlightenment, he asked the boy about the source of his joy.
"Hey" asked the boy in return with a bright laugh, "Don't you have any idea what God is able to do? I just read that God opened up the waves of the Red Sea and led the whole nation of Israel right through the middle."
The enlightened man laughed lightly, sat down next to the boy and began to try to open his eyes to the "realities" of the miracles of the Bible. "That can all be very easily explained. Modern scholarship has shown that the Red Sea in that area was only 10 inches deep at that time. It was no problem for the Israelites to wade across."
The boy was stumped. His eyes wandered from the man back to the Bible laying open in his lap. The man, content that he had enlightened a poor, naive young person to the finer points of scientific insight, turned to go. Scarcely had he taken two steps when the boy began to rejoice and praise louder than before. The man turned to ask the reason for this resumed jubilation.
"Wow!" exclaimed the boy happily, "God is greater than I thought! Not only did He lead the whole nation of Israel through the Red Sea, He topped it off by drowning the whole Egyptian army in 10 inches of water!"
Shortly after, along came a man who had recently completed some studies at a local university. Feeling himself very enlightened in the ways of truth and very eager to show this enlightenment, he asked the boy about the source of his joy.
"Hey" asked the boy in return with a bright laugh, "Don't you have any idea what God is able to do? I just read that God opened up the waves of the Red Sea and led the whole nation of Israel right through the middle."
The enlightened man laughed lightly, sat down next to the boy and began to try to open his eyes to the "realities" of the miracles of the Bible. "That can all be very easily explained. Modern scholarship has shown that the Red Sea in that area was only 10 inches deep at that time. It was no problem for the Israelites to wade across."
The boy was stumped. His eyes wandered from the man back to the Bible laying open in his lap. The man, content that he had enlightened a poor, naive young person to the finer points of scientific insight, turned to go. Scarcely had he taken two steps when the boy began to rejoice and praise louder than before. The man turned to ask the reason for this resumed jubilation.
"Wow!" exclaimed the boy happily, "God is greater than I thought! Not only did He lead the whole nation of Israel through the Red Sea, He topped it off by drowning the whole Egyptian army in 10 inches of water!"
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