hey, I was going through my e-mail, and one of my friends sent me this... and I know we've had a few religious arguments on here, and I don't really intend to start another one, I just thought this was kinda cool:

Originally Posted by: > 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."