What is the real me? It is certainly more than the matter of my body, because that it changing all the time. The atoms are always changing – but in some sense it is the pattern of how the atoms are formed. That, I think, is what the soul is (agreeing with Thomas Aquinas).

It is an immensely rich pattern that doesn’t end at my skin. It involves my memories, my character, my personality. I think it involves all the relationships I take on. It is complex and we struggle to even say something about it. But I do not think that God will allow that pattern to be lost and I think that God will recreate that pattern after resurrection.

Faith and Science are in conversation about what could be the continuity between this world and world that has yet to come.

A great quote from theoretical physicist, theologian, writer and Anglican priest John Polkinghorne, which comes via this intriguing blog post by Bo Sanders.

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