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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

well yes we continue for a long time after death (if not cremated) decomposing and being eaten by various bacteria and indeed our atoms then become bacteria atoms and so forth

Even if we are cremated we become carbon (1 neutron 1 electron). Carbon is energy which goes on to become something else, which in turn goes on to fuel the creation of something else. Its a constant cycle of recycling because energy never dies.

Sorry, just being pedantic here