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Organizando o campo de batalha20 SEC READ: The porcupines and solidarity (ENG, ESPA)

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A man went to trim his hair and beard. As always happens, he and the barber

chatted about this and that, until commenting on a newspaper article about street

kids the barber stated:

- As you can see, this tragedy shows that God doesnt exist. Dont you read the

papers? So many people suffer, abandoned children, theres so much crime. If God

existed, there wouldnt be so much suffering.

- You know something? Barbers dont exist.

- What do you mean, dont exist? Im here, and Im a barber.

- They dont exist! insisted the man. Because if they did, there wouldnt be

people with such longs beards and such tangled hair.

- I can guarantee that barbers do exist. But these people never come in here.

- Exactly! So, in answer to your question, God exists, too. It just so happens that

people dont go to Him. If they did, they would be more giving, and there wouldnt

be so much misery in the world.
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December 10, 2010 at 2:51 pm

This is typical religious drivel one cannot explain the existence or the lack ofa god through such bed-time stories.

I am an atheist, yet I dont cheat, steal, kill, pillage, rape, etc. Why doesbeing a good human being have anything to do with religion? If anything, I

believe I am good because I was raised to be good nothing to do withreligion. Morality has nothing to do with religion or the existance of god. The

world would be a lot better place if we stopped talking about god and insteadfocused on being good people. We all learn moral values as children in school

or through our parents.

Belief systems are left open to mis-interpretation, where as moral codes

arent you either have good or bad there is no gray area. In religion youhave the ability to decipher gods word in whatever convoluted manner you

want, hence the existence of religious fanatics.

Mr. Coelho, I am a big fan of your work, I think you should stick with fiction

thats your core competence. Lets leave the preaching to the priests.

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Mitzi


El que busca encuentra. Dios solo esta esperando a que lo busques.

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Rae Rae


Awesome story!!

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Anuj


A beautiful rendition of the manifestation of God but I have a little doubt. If

God does exist then he is present everywhere and someone doesnt need togo to him. He is God, he must be knowing every single person suffering inthis world.

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o ginger


I always do believe that God existbut sometimes when I suffer orwhen somebody from my family suffer I amso bad that He doesnt doanythingThen I need Him so much and I do not feel Him

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Niclas Wennstrm


To turn to god is a temporary fix. To really sort out your life you need to be

comfortable with yourself, as you are. To believe in a thought up deity thatloves you unconditionally only replaces the real life unconditional love thatexists in those close to you.

In retrospect, this thought up deity really makes a difference for those having

a hard time in this world.

however.

What these people really need is to be loved in THIS world, not the next.

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Yez


Great story!
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Rixx


this is so true.. we dont go bow before God and expect him to solve our every

problem

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Angie Denford


I believe that the majority of bad things that happen in the world are thework of the Devil and that he does these things to test Gods power and the

Human strength in God. The Devil has the potential to reach into everyone ofus but we have the bigger potential to keep him out.I love the story. xx

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Maria Da Graca


EU ACREDITO CHE ESISTE UNA FORZA MUITO GRANDE NEL UNIVERSO, EGUESTA FORZA E DEUS.E MI FAI PENSAR CHE SE TODOS OS POVOS DOMUNDO INTEIRO CREDECE UM POQUINHO A MAIS,NON ESISTIRIA TANTA

MISERIA.PAZ

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Nikhil


from where do you find these stories.So nice.

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Forouzandeh Farmani
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an interesting way to show that if you cant observe something it doesntmean it aint exist. Here is a translation of a poem by the great Iranian

(PERSIAN) poet HAFEZYOU ARE PURE; WE HAVE NOT KNOWN YOU AZ IT BEFITS YOU

HOW CAN ANY EYE COME TO SEE YOU AZ YOU AREONE PERSEIVES YOU ONLY TO THE EXTENT OF HIS INSIGHT

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o rachma


agree. if you cant observe something, it doesnt mean it isnt exist

->its all the story is about.

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Anisha


I wonder why throughout history mankind has constructed an image of God in

the likeness of a humanA God that makes mistakes, a God that is angry ifyou dont worship Him, a God that uses Judgement to punish or reward you

How abt If God was just not all of these above attributes?Is toooverwhelming?

Is the misery n tragedy prevailing Gods work, or own own actions? Why dowe need an escape goat when things go wrong?

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soumaya


sorry i don t agree with What surprises you most about humankind?

God is never surprised about us, bcz he is the one how creates us , how

knows us , he knows everything about us .

God is never surprised about anything bcz he is the perfect.

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Sweet lady


Nice story!!!

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mitra


now many people go to evil instead of god how can help him to go to god?

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Ananthnag


I do like you and your thoughts but I think we can cut our own hairwhatsthe need of barber??? and moreover he takes money..

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