Better for man not to have been created

For two and a half years they disputed: one said it is better for man not to have been created, the other that it is better to have been created. They voted and concluded: better not to have been created; but now that he was created, let him examine his deeds - some say: let him weigh his deeds. The conclusion is not despair but a call to responsibility.

1. 1Restate the source in your own words.
2. 2Identify the central distinction and explain its significance.
3. 3Apply the distinction in the exercise without adding a ruling absent from the source.