Assuming that reincarnation is fact, could I have been a plant in a former life?

Question

Plants are living too...

Answer 1

there is no question, you were algae in your past life. you were exceptional at being algae and in this life you made a great jump up to this level of spiritual evolution. congratulations.

Answer 2

Reincarnation is the belief that souls live on from lifetime to lifetime. So I suppose if you believe that a plant has a soul (I myself do not, the plant is in fact living, but does not have a soul) then I guess you could believe that you were a plant.

Is this a question in specific? I mean.. do you really think you were a plant? Because that's kind of interesting... What kind of plant were you? I think if I had to be a plant... I'd be a venus fly trap.. they're quite evil. I'm not evil.. but If I suddenly had to take on plant life form, I would definately WANT to be an evil plant.

Answer 3

ANYONE examining the Bible in hopes of finding support for the doctrine of reincarnation is bound to be disappointed. Nowhere will you find that humans have lived former lives. Furthermore, you will not find such expressions as “reincarnation” or “transmigration of the soul” or “immortal soul” in the Bible.
However, some who believe in reincarnation try to explain this lack of Biblical support by saying that the idea of reincarnation was so common in ancient times that any explanation would have been superfluous. True, the doctrine of reincarnation is very old, but regardless of how old it is or how common it was or was not, the question still remains, Does the Bible teach it?
Paul also stated: “When you received God’s word, which you heard from us, you accepted it, not as the word of men, but, just as it truthfully is, as the word of God.” (1 Thessalonians 2:13) Since the Bible contains God’s thoughts, not those of imperfect man, it should not surprise us to find that the Bible frequently differs from man’s thoughts even if these have been popular throughout the years.

Resurrection, Not Reincarnation: Although the Bible does not support the reincarnation doctrine, nobody needs to feel disappointed. The Bible’s message offers something far more comforting than the idea of being reborn in a world filled with sickness, sorrow, pain, and death. And not only is what the Bible offers comforting but it is the truth, God’s own Word.
Paul expressed the encouraging doctrine in this way: “I have hope toward God . . . that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.” The word “resurrection,” or some form of it, occurs over 50 times in the Christian Greek Scriptures, and Paul speaks of it as a primary doctrine of the Christian faith.—Acts 24:15; Hebrews 6:1, 2.

Resurrection from the dead means, obviously, that death exists. Nowhere in the Bible will you find any hint that man has an immortal soul. If man had an immortal soul that separated from the body at death and went to an everlasting destiny in heaven or in hell or was reincarnated, then there would be no need for a resurrection.
On the other hand, some one hundred Bible texts show that the human soul is, not immortal, but mortal and destructible. The Bible consistently speaks of death as being the opposite of life, that is, nonexistence as contrasted with existence.
Death, or nonexistence, was the punishment for Adam and Eve’s sin against God. It was a punishment, not an entryway to an immortal life somewhere else. God clearly declared that they would go back to where they came from—the dust of the ground: “Out of it you were taken. For dust you are and to dust you will return.” (Genesis 3:19) They had no immortal soul before they were created by God and put on earth, in the garden of Eden, and they had none after they died.
Thus, the Bible answers the questions, Have you lived before? and, Will you live again? in this way: No, you have not lived any life other than the present one. But it is possible for you to make your life a lasting one, indeed, an eternal one. Today, in these “last days” of this present system, you can have the hope of surviving this world’s end and gaining entry into God’s new world without dying. (2 Timothy 3:1-5; Revelation 7:9-15) Or if you die before God’s new world arrives, you can have the hope of being resurrected to eternal life on a paradise earth.—Luke 23:43.
If you exercise faith in Jesus, no matter what may happen, Jesus’ words to Martha when her brother Lazarus died apply also to you: “I am the resurrection and the life. He that exercises faith in me, even though he dies, will come to life; and everyone that is living and exercises faith in me will never die at all.”—John 11:25, 26.

Answer 4

Could be some essence about you was within a plant, but I think that misses the point of reincarnation -- which is to be aware and responsive to one's surroundings, to become enlightened, to learn and evolve spiritually.

P.S. To Christians who popped in for the purpose of preaching against reincarnation like the fellow below me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Cayce

Answer 5

Well, along with the idea of reincarnation goes a philosophy that we choose each life we live because there is something to learn from it. So, while I would say, sure its possible, I can't imagine what you would learn from being a plant.

Maybe you could learn patience from being a tree though.

Answer 6

NOPE. Reincarnation is about living lives that can move and breath. Plant can't move nor eat and can't really breath (it's more like absorbing). Niway, you could be a dog in your former life. :P

Answer 7

The only empirical evidence for reincarnation involves previous human lives. Anything else is speculation.

Answer 8

sure u could have been anything if reincarnation is a fact

Answer 9

no way you are probably recanted as a dog or pig. Plant is not consider a recarnation.

Answer 10

it would suck to be a rock cause you would be in the same form for a LONG time. what if you were marijana though? you would have a slow, painfull death.

however, since recarnation doesnt exist, you dont need to worry mate!