Question for young theologians (of all ages :-):

Which molecules belong to whom at the resurrection?

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Friend in church told me he ¢â‚¬â„¢s reading about John Brown.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown’s_Body for an interesting summary of the history of the famous song ¢â‚¬ ¦

Anyway, somehow the conversation turned to the founder of the first Baptist Church in America – Roger Williams and the well-known  ¢â‚¬Ëœresurrection conundrum ¢â‚¬â„¢:

The  Providence Rhode Island Journal  printed an article entitled, “Who ate Roger Williams?” When the remains of Roger Williams were exhumed it was discovered that a large root of an apple tree had entered his grave. The root can be seen today at Brown University. Presumably everybody who ate apples from that tree consumed particles from Roger Williams’ body  ¢â‚¬” which in turn became part of their bodies. The question is: on the day of resurrection, to whose body will those particles belong?

From http://www.christians.org/creed/creed13.html (etc).

(Interesting, although I ¢â‚¬â„¢ve read about the resurrection conundrum at various times, the Wikipedia article on Roger Williams doesn ¢â‚¬â„¢t mention it. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williams_(theologian)