Protoplasm Rots

(4)

me: But it seems so unfair! Why keep a helpless being with no prospects sequestered for all of eternity? It seems monstrous.
god: That's the way it is.

Omar:
(Better oh better Cancel from the Scroll
Of Universe one Luckless Human Soul
Than drop by drop Enlarge the Flood that rolls
Hoarser with Anguish as the Ages Roll)

god: Did you hear something?
me: Can you tell me what happens to an embryonic soul whose 'protoplasm' has been 'sacrificed' in the name of research? Is its fate somehow different?
god: There is no difference.
me: Then will you grant me that in the case of scientific research the 'protoplasm' involved served a higher purpose than it would have otherwise have served?
god: What do you mean?
me: I mean that in any case the 'protoplasm' rots.
god: Protoplasm always eventually rots. What is your point?