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$\"Saint$ <\/p>\n

This cartoon by Kevin Frank<\/a> came to my attention via Facebook. It brings together Easter and quantum science. There is a sense in which the thought experiment is an interesting one. Would you look inside the tomb and see either that Jesus\u2019 body is still there or that it is gone? Or\u00a0would you prefer to live with the quantum indeterminacy and the uncertainty that goes along with it.<\/p>\n

In my forthcoming book\u00a0Theology and Science Fiction<\/em> I\u2019ve included a short story I wrote which explores this very question\u2026<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"