Huday barmy?! (Does God exist?)

Hormatly agzalar, okan bir hekayamy sizin bilen paylashmagy yuregime duwdim. Chyndanam gin many chykarsa bolya shul hekayadan. Elimden geldigiche gowy terjime etmane gayrat etdim. Inlischesinem ashakda goshyan. 🙂

Bir adam sachyny-sakgalyny aldyrmak uchin dellekhana gidipdir. Dellek sachy almana bashlandan bularyn arasynda gowy gurrun bashlayar. Olar her-durli temada gurrun edyaler. Ahyry sonunda Huday temasyna degyaler, dellek: "Men Hudayin bardygyna ynanamok" diyya. "Name uchin beydiyyan?" diyip soraya ol adam. "Sen dashary chykyp dash toweregine seretmek yetik Hudayin yokdygyny dushunmek uchin. Hany ayt mana, eger Huday bar bolanda, shoncha syrkaw bolarmydy? Yetim chagalar bolarmydy? Eger Huday bar bolsady, hichili agyry, dert bolmazy oylanmana. Men, rehimdar, soyguli Huday bar bolanda, beyle zatlaryn bolmagyna rugsat berer diyip pikir edemok." diyya dellek. Ol adam bir salym pikir edip, sonundan gurrun jedele owrulmesin diyip jogap bermezligi makul goryar we dellege hichili jogap bermeyar. Dellek ishini bitirenson, ol adam dellekhanadan chykyp gidyar. Dellekhanadan chykyp chykmanka anyrrakda kochede, kirlidigi dashyndan belli bolyan, uzyn sachly we uzyn sakgally, usti bashy hapa bir adam goryar. Ol adam derrew dellekhana gaydip gelip, dellege: "Bilyan mi?! Delleklerin bardygyna ynanamok men-a" diyyar. Dellek hayran galyp :" Nadip beydiyip bilersin?"diyip sorayar. "Ynha men barde, men dellek we men senin sachyny sakgalyny aldym yany" diyyar dellek. "Yok" diyip jogap beryar ol adam. "Dellekler yokdyr, olar bar bolsady, kochede uzyn hapa sachly we alynmadyk sakgally adamlar gezmezdi, ynha hooool yerdaki adam yaly " diyip yanky goren adamyny gorkezyar. Dellek : "Hay,dellekler bar how. Ol adamlar sach sakgalyny aldyrmak uchin gelmeseler sheyle bolar da" diyyar.

"Ynha,harma-harp bildin" diyip dellegi tassyklady ol adam. "Huday hem BAR. Eger adamlar Hudaya yuzlenip Ondan komek soramasalar, yagday senin diyshin yaly bolar. Shonun uchin dunyade shoncha agyry hem dert bar" diyip jogap beripdir.

Bu hekayanyn usti bilen menin uchin dine Hudayin barlygyny dal, eysem herhili zadyn barlygyny subut edip bileris. Yone meni gyzyklandyryan sizin pikirinzde nahili zadyn bardygyny subut etmek janlandy?!

English version:

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 and 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 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 unkempt. 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! That’s what happens when people do not come to me.”

“Exactly!” affirmed the customer. “That’s the point! God, too, DOES

exist! Because people do not look to God for help is why there’s so much

pain and suffering in the world.”

I’ve always enjoyed this story – not so much because it challenges

our views on whether or not God exists or we believe in God – but

because it challenges our views on whether ANYTHING exists.

Often it’s so easy to see the obvious message in a short spiritual

story… “Proof of God’s existence” is the one that stands out distinctly.

But in my experience, such messages are surprisingly unhelpful

because all we are doing is attempting to replace one belief system for

another.

Instead, one might consider a deeper meaning through some of the following questions:

• “What is the importance of proof in my life?”
• “Where in my life do I need proof? Why?”
• “Where in my life do I have faith, and therefore don’t need proof? Why?”
• “What would my life be like if I never had to prove anything to anybody, including myself?”

By taking a deeper look at the lessons hidden within the story, it

can begin to take on a much more personal meaning for us. And that has

me curious…

What personal meaning does this story now have for you?