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    It is not the case that If the post-resurrection body is numerically distinct from the original, resurrection creates a replica but does not constitute survival of the original person.

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    • 1.Numerical identity needn't require unbroken continuity; a river remains one river despite water replacement and temporal gaps.
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    • 2.Personal identity tracks psychological continuity and functional organization, not literal matter; matter constantly replaces in life anyway.
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    • 3.The 'replica objection' conflates metaphysical duplication with God recreating the same person—divine recreation of originals differs fundamentally.
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    • 1.Numerical identity requires spatiotemporal continuity; a gap in existence breaks the chain linking original to successor.
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    • 2.Personal survival requires the same physical substance persists; a recreated body with different matter is a copy, not continuation.
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    • 3.Intuition: if your duplicate existed while you died, it wouldn't be you surviving—resurrection parallels this duplication scenario.
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