tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55287226639636278262023-11-15T07:05:19.456-08:00Do You Believe God Exists?The Freedom Fellowshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788272213603576761noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5528722663963627826.post-60756335624335036672012-03-20T08:34:00.001-07:002012-03-20T08:37:43.314-07:00<div style="text-align: center; "><div style="font-size: 100%; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in; "><div style="margin-bottom: 5pt; "><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 5pt; "><div><div><div><div><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in; "><div style="margin-bottom: 5pt; "><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><b><i><span >This is one of the best explanations on the</span></i></b></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span ><b><i><span>nature of God that I have ever seen...</span></i></b><span> </span></span></div></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span ><span><br /></span><span><br /><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=bc6419402b&view=att&th=13630b83e3133644&attid=0.1&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1" width="592" height="395" /><br /></span><span><br /></span><b><i><span>A man went to a barber shop to have his hair</span></i></b></span></div></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began</span></i></b></div></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >to work, they began to have a good conversation.</span></i></b></div></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >They talked about so many things and various subjects.</span></i></b></div></div></div><div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span ><br /></span></div></div></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >When they eventually touched on the subject of God,</span></i></b></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span ><b><i><span>the barber said: 'I don't believe that God exists.' <br /></span></i></b><span><br /><br /><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=bc6419402b&view=att&th=13630b83e3133644&attid=0.2&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1" width="540" height="464" /></span></span></div></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >'Why do you say that?' asked the customer .</span></i></b></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >'Well, you just have to go out in the street to</span></i></b></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span ><b><i><span>realize that God doesn't exist.<br /></span></i></b><span><br /></span><b><i><span>Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many</span></i></b></span></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >sick people? Would there be abandoned children?</span></i></b></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span ><b><i><span> <br /></span></i></b><span><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=bc6419402b&view=att&th=13630b83e3133644&attid=0.3&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1" width="536" height="475" /></span></span></div></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >If God existed, there would be neither</span></i></b></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span ><b><i><span>suffering nor pain.<br /></span></i></b><span><br /></span><b><i><span>I can't imagine a loving God who would</span></i></b></span></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span ><b><i><span>allow all of these things.'<br /></span></i></b><span><br /></span><b><i><span>The customer thought for a moment, but</span></i></b></span></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >didn't respond because he didn't want to</span></i></b></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >start an argument.<br /><br />The barber finished his job and the customer</span></i></b></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >left the shop. </span></i></b></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span ><b><i><span><br /></span></i></b><span><br /><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=bc6419402b&view=att&th=13630b83e3133644&attid=0.4&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1" width="546" height="542" /></span></span></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >Just after he left the barber shop, he saw a</span></i></b></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair</span></i></b></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span ><b><i><span>and an untrimmed beard.<br /></span></i></b><span><br /></span><b><i><span>He looked dirty and unkempt.The customer</span></i></b></span></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >turned back and entered the barber shop again</span></i></b></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span ><b><i><span>and he said to the barber :<br /></span></i></b><span><br /></span><b><i><span>'You know what? Barbers do not exist.' <br /><br />'How can you say that?' asked the surprised</span></i></b></span></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >barber . 'I am here, and I am a barber . And I</span></i></b></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >just worked on you!'</span></i></b></div></div><div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span ><br /></span></div></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >'No!' the customer exclaimed. 'Barbers don't</span></i></b></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >exist because if they did, there would be no</span></i></b></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >people with dirty long hair and untrimmed</span></i></b></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >beards, like that man outside.'</span></i></b></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span ><br /><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=bc6419402b&view=att&th=13630b83e3133644&attid=0.5&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1" width="600" height="602" /></span></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >'Ah, but barbers DO exist! That's what happens</span></i></b></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span ><b><i><span>when people do not come to me.'<br /></span></i></b><span><br /></span><b><i><span>'Exactly!' affirmed the customer . 'That's the</span></i></b></span></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >point! God, too, DOES exist! That's what</span></i></b></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >happens when people do not go to Him and don't</span></i></b></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >look to Him for help. <br />That's why there's so much pain and suffering in</span></i></b></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >the world.'</span></i></b></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span ><b><i><span><br /></span></i></b><span><br /><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=bc6419402b&view=att&th=13630b83e3133644&attid=0.6&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1" width="502" height="493" /></span></span></div></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span >If you think God exists, send this to other</span></i></b></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span ><b><i><span>people---<br /></span></i></b><span><br /></span><b><i><span>If you think God does not exist, delete it!</span></i></b></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span ><b><i><span><br /></span></i></b><span><br /><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=bc6419402b&view=att&th=13630b83e3133644&attid=0.7&disp=emb&zw&atsh=1" width="498" height="406" /></span></span></div></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span style="color: purple; " >BE BLESSED &</span></i></b></div></div><div><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span ><b><i><span style="color: purple; ">BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS! </span></i></b><span style="color: purple; "><br /></span><span><br />I really liked this, I hope you share it........</span></span></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div><div><div> </div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><div><div><span ><span></span> </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span > </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); "><div style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><b><span > "Submission to God will is the softest pillow on which to rest"</span></b></div></div></div>The Freedom Fellowshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788272213603576761noreply@blogger.com0