How can I say that?
Do you remember an old, old story? I shall tell you just the beginning
of it: "In the beginning was the word, and the word was God...." That's
enough for you to see what I mean.
It is by the word that I can say that.
Not by the spoken word. I cannot say to you by the spoken word, "I am
dead."
But there is not only the spoken word. There is also the written word.
It has different dimensions in space and time.