Do you believe in reincarnation?

Answer 1

Yes, I do.
I believe that everyone on Earth has a purpose and if that person fulfills the purpose, he/she will be reincarnated as a new person with a new purpose.

However, if you don't fulfill your duty, you will still be reincarnated but will be doomed to repeat the same life until you do.

Answer 2

According to the laws of physics, everything that exists, exists either as matter or as energy. Energy can be converted into mass according to Einstein's formula E=mc² or vice-versa. But neither energy nor mass can be destroyed.

So it makes some degree of sense to believe that the soul (which must be either energy or matter, because that is all there are) continues to exist after death.

The question is therefore, does the soul persist as the body does, rotting, changing forms, reacting with other chemicals in the Earth or atmosphere, or does it go on to inhabit some new living thing? The soul does not necessarily leave the body accompanied by the memory, so your soul would not necessarily be aware that it had existed in your body before passing to the next one.

Christianity seems to suggest that you die and await the return of Jesus, after which you will be recombined with your body, which will also be resurrected in a post-Apocalypse World of Peace.

Comparing the two, Reincarnation seems to make more sense, because it is simpler.

According to Tibetan Buddhism, your soul takes 49 days from the time of the death until it is reborn, I have heard no reason for this period being the correct one.

I believe that Reincarnation is certainly possible, but I also believe that it is unimportant whether I believe in it or not for my soul to be reincarnated, if it is the nature of souls to be reincarnated.

The Christian belief is that if you do not believe in all the Christian doctrine, you will be punished by being denied Heaven for all Eternity. This seems a bit harsh. It wouldn't be so extreme if God would just give an interview every century or so, if Jesus had written his own Gospel.

There is no penalty to the Buddhist for not believing in the doctrine: eventually the soul will learn by a process of trial and error.

The best Buddhist film is Groundhog Day, by the way.

Answer 3

some religions don't believe in reincarnation to convince the followers that if you follow the dos and donts of our religion everything will be taken care of by our lord but that leaves many questions unanswered. Science talks about environment and hereditary but in the same family we see children with totally different personalities, even without ever meeting them before we like some and we have a great aversion for some. Why so?
If we believe in the theory of karma then there should be positive or negative consequences of our every action and our life is too short to close all the accounts during our stay on this world. So there must be some answers to as to why some people are so happy all their like and some are miserable all their life even though they have done some good deeds.

Answer 4

No I do not believe in reincarnation. The Bible speaks only of Heaven and Hell after death.

Answer 5

Yes. You should read Deepak Chopra's new book. It is pretty interesting about life after death. Reincarnation is one of the topics he discusses.

Answer 6

I guess there has been a time in my life when I read about it and thought it feasible. I don't think that could be called an actual belief, although I did try to keep an open mind.

Answer 7

yes ,,?and i actually bliv that i m the reincarnation of a great king who ruled over a big part of india.

Answer 8

No. I think it is ludicrous. But then again so is the fact that I am sitting on a spinning ball of elements that orbits an enormous sphere of fire so who knows.

Answer 9

No I don't. I think it is pure fallacy caused by the inability of man to accept the finality of this life.

Answer 10

I do - just because I was raised believing in it.