Full Idea
If God were to 'reassemble' the atoms that composed me ten years ago, the resulting organism would certainly not be me.
Gist of Idea
If God were to 'reassemble' my atoms of ten years ago, the result would certainly not be me
Source
Peter van Inwagen (Material Beings [1990], 13)
Book Reference
Inwagen,Peter van: 'Material Beings' [Cornell 1995], p.140
A Reaction
What is obvious to Van Inwagen is not obvious to me. He thinks lives are special. Such examples just leave us bewildered about what counts as 'the same', because our concept of sameness wasn't designed to deal with such cases.