What a beautiful and thoughtful response. When I became an Orthodox Christian I accepted the dogma that we’ll have resurrected bodies like Jesus did. We’ll be adopted siblings of aThe Creator of the Universe! Wow. I’m in. That said, I believe there’s solid evidence reincarnation, or metempsychosis does occasionally occur. (See Dr Ian Stephenson’s case study research at UVA). Maybe it’s like any other bureaucracy and once in a while a nip and tuck is required to keep things orderly. I don’t know. I’ve seen it in old movies though…

I used to imagine our lives as assignments accepted before birth but forgotten afterward. That’s heterodox, so I renounce it, but only with difficulty. I do however wonder about the implications of the blind from birth guy. He was supposedly, and this from Christ Himself born so as to be available to complete the prophecy.

I don’t know, or claim to know but I do wonder. If I get to ask I will. Maybe it’ll be superfluous, and i can be satisfied to find out about the quantum fine constant thing. 1/137 just seems so unlikely as something without which matter is impossible. I’m sure it’s a running joke up there… but I just gotta know. As for accepting dogma, I’m all in.