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 a 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.”








Love Ya, ~Barbara