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26-Jun-2006, 10:02
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To be or not to be?
To be
or
not
to be
, that is the
question
?
Maybe
,
if
we were to
finally
answer
William Shakespeare’s
question
, then there wouldn’t be any
controversy
over
God’s
state of
existence
. I know it must
sound
insane
to
hear
me make such a
preposterous
accusation
. Yet, prior to my
crucifixion
,
deed
me my
academia
to
prove
me
correct
.
Shakespeare
had
mastered
that “
be
” is the
first
word
of our
English language
.
Mankind
first
questioned
what
being
is
God
?
Mankind
realized
that
God
is an
infinite
being
. Here we have the
infinitive
of “
to be
” or “
not
to be
”.
Can
there
literally
be a “
to be
”
without
a “
not
to be
” even
can
there be a “
not
to be
”
without
there being a “
to be
”? If
God
were “
not
to be
”, it would
prove
literally
that
God
is
“
to be
”. I have
observed
that in
primary education
our
teachers
stress
instructing
young
students
the
conjugated
form
of “
to be
”. Yet, I have
failed
to
observe
any
teacher
, who
instructs
the
equally
with “
not
to be
”. We take
children
for granted that “
not
to be
” is
understood
. As
children
mature
into
adulthood
, we can
observe
in our
social
commune
English
persons in a
literary
debate
if
God
does
exists
or
does
not
exist
. The
fact
is both
answers
are
equal
.
God
is his own
existence
and
Satan
is
literally
God’s
own
none
existence
.
Everything
God
is
,
Satan
is
not
.
Everything
Satan
is
not
,
God
is
.
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26-Jun-2006, 18:43
Casiopea
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Re: To be or not to be?
Theologists have used that very same argument.
The moment you negate the existence of something you automatically prove its existence.
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