Agreed regarding "I Am". I fail to see how our discussions of scriptural references to reincarnation has become for you a "...masquerade of oh-so-highbrow discussion.." It is a subject beyond "...fruitless theological philosophizing". it is a subject of central practical importance to billions of people.

Have you entered "the kingdom of God" in such depth that innocent exploration of the possible pragmatic effects of reincarnation is so irrelevant that you presume to criticize those to whom it has importance?

Let that sink in.