Fine. But then a tree didn't exist before it was born from a seed, and after it dies and rots away into the ground, it continues to exist in the earth in another form. What do Christian theologians say about it, I wonder.
Well... sure I'll buy that.
I will become nematodes and bacteria after I die (as a matter of fact, many of the lil' buggers are within me (and you) as we speak... just WAITING for the chance to take possession of this mortal coil!