Well it's a bit different in that the type of suffering that is described in this analogy still happens to Christians. Christians turn to God and yet some of them are still abandoned children, some of them are sick, some of them suffer from suffering and pain. Some of them suffer from the consequences of injustice, and etc.
God does, however, provide eternal life to those who turn to him.
However, going back to the topic of Why God Exists... I'm not sure if the analogy explains that. I'm not sure if it explains why God allows suffering to happen in the world either.
What do you think?
8:35 pm
This is one of those interesting/smart/nice things ppl send in emails or put on blogs.. i found this on a blog of a girl.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHY GOD EXISTS
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 unkept. 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."
"Why God exists.."
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Well it's a bit different in that the type of suffering that is described in this analogy still happens to Christians. Christians turn to God and yet some of them are still abandoned children, some of them are sick, some of them suffer from suffering and pain. Some of them suffer from the consequences of injustice, and etc.
God does, however, provide eternal life to those who turn to him.
However, going back to the topic of Why God Exists... I'm not sure if the analogy explains that. I'm not sure if it explains why God allows suffering to happen in the world either.
What do you think?
8:35 pm