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Is that what you did? Asked innocent questions? That's it?

Yep.

I have no preserved ears or toes or teeth from dead people.

Should I not be curious about folks who collect those things?

I had locks of hair I wish I could find and one I gave away to a closer relative, all of Protestant tradition, more sentimental I think than having any religious motive behind it.

The teeth, that was strange. I and a Polish woman were sorting through my aunt's possessions and came to a bottle of teeth. The Polish lady said "trash?". I said "no", and stuck them in my pocket.

The teeth had gold fillings and the Polish lady may have been hoping i'd be stupid enough to throw them away. I took them to a gold shop and got over $100 for them, donated them to a Catholic church downtown to feed the hungry.

There is a nun at that church who is amazing. She has tirelessly over the years baked fruitcakes for holidays and the ministry for the hungry and homeless. In her 80's she was hit by a car and badly injured. She went through the usual hospital business and rehab which was probably very painful.

Next I knew she was happily back at work feeding the hungry. I think what she does is holier than anything cumulatively holy I may ever have done.