The Barber

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 atten...

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 various 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 so as to cause an argument.

 The barber finished his job and the client went out of the shop.  Just as he got out of the barbershop he saw a man in the street with long and unkempt hair and beard (it looked like it had been a long time since he had his cut, and he looked so untidy).
 

The client entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber:  "You know what?  Barbers do not exist."

 "How can you say they don't exist?" asked the barber.  "I am a barber and here I am, I exist!"

 "No!" the client exclaimed.  "They don't exist because if they did there would be no people with long hair and beard like that man on 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."