To act or not to act

Google Talk like its older siblings allows the user to display a custom message......it was the earlier message of my good friend Gordon that prompted this entry....well the entry was something like "All the world's a stage, and we are all actors..", obviously the modifed version of the actual sentence..."All the world's a stage,And all the men and women merely players..."..from shakespeare's 'As you like it', meaning unchanged nonetheless....The first thing that entered my mind was 'aren't plays scripted???'....if so then are we acting according a script???.....if yes again, then is the belief in freedom of choice just an ego building exercise???.....Gordon of course had his own views on the same....that I will come to later....Well, to the astrologer, to the believer in destiny and the like....this would just be matter of fact...'it's written in the stars', 'My role is decided by fate'...etc..But then as Scott Adams would say..'You make up your mind first and Rationalise it second....'. So with the above arguement I beg to differ!! The most delicate issue intertwined with all of this is of course Religion...and I too will touch it at the surface, not sink in, for all religions form their basis on blind beliefs....those of reason, logic and rationality are simply termed as 'doubting Thomas' '...but certainly whatever faith we do profess, a majority of us would include a supernatural being or GOD as part of our creed. Thats my first assumption..that there exists a God who created man, loves him but like any creator, would like to see him evolve a certain way...Here's where the antagonists would jump up saying..'yeah I told you....its all preplanned'...but hold on ..... It is true that a certain end result is desired, but there must be a challenge....A desire to experiment and curiosity must be traits of our God, else why would he create us in the first place...just to see this world play out in a way he already knew it would??.......there must be another explanation, and well since this is my blog, you are gonna have to read mine....whether you like it or not...Allow me to introduce the 'Playmaker'. Who are these playmakers??.....they are ppl like...Hitler, Saddam, etc and on the other hand ppl like Mandela, Lincoln and perhaps even Christ himself, the ones who are the actors, the ones living according to a script, infact Christians would know how many times Christ made references to the scriptures and acted accordingly...These are the ones meant to guide and influence those with the 'freedom of choice'...In this way the people have their freedom and the end result can be achieved, with some experimentaion though. However, this could also be expanded now to redefine the role of evil from one who propogates all that is bad to the one who threatens the 'end result'....ofcourse, that is different debate altogether and we shall leave it for some other time...Now for the response by the writer of the line himself....."well we are all wearing masks ... thats what i meant ... have seen too many ppl in the past one yr with masks..."...Hmmm, totally different approach....wonder whether my point of view was necessary in the first place....but what the heck, I'm not a playmaker, I have the freedom to write what I want!!