"I take my ring from my finger and liken it unto the mind of man-the immortal part, because it has no beginning. Suppose you cut it in two; then it has a beginning and an end; but join it again, and it continues one eternal round. So with the spirit of man." - Joseph Smith, Teachings of Joseph Smith. One of the few glimmers of intelligence I have encountered on CARM is a statement by one of the posters that our presence here can not be the result of an infinite series of events because an infint