Today we are familiar with the funereal abbreviation “RIP” (“Rest in Peace”). Ancient Romans had something comparable, a seven-letter abbreviation that spoke volumes:“I was not; I was; I am not; I care not.” The meaning is clear. There was no existence before birth.A person existed only after being born.After death there once more was no existence.
-Bart D. Ehrman
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