Do you believe in reincarnation?

Question

Why or why not?

Answer 1

Yes, for four reasons:

1. The law of cause and effect tells us even cognitive actions can't appear or disappear out of nowhere.

2. There are people who have entered the realm of death and they say this is what we can expect.

3. There are many stories of yogis going into deep meditation and remembering past lives.

4. There are many accounts of children having unexplained memories which seem to be that of past lives.

Answer 2

I believe in reincarnation for several reasons, but the biggest one is that people remember their past lives. I have heard of children as young as five or six saying "mommy, I was here before. I saw this before" when they have never done it. And there are people who believe that with enough practice and study you can learn about your past life. There is no way to no for sure. A person who dies and knows can't exactly come back and tell us what happened. Go with your gut, and my gut tells me yes, there is reincarnation.

Answer 3

No. All the stories of children who have been reincarnated have been shown to be very flimsy evidence, if not contridictory. There was this one kid whose poor parents claimed he was the reincarnation of the patriarch of a rich family down the street who had recently died. The rich family adopted the kid and paid his parents for him and everything. The kid answered questions about his 'former life' fine when his parents were sitting there prompting him, but when the parents left the room, he contridicted himself and couldn't remember the story. Looks like it's all bullshit. As well as past life regression therapy - wonder how many Napoleons and Cleopatras we have running around today? Apparently, quite a few.

Answer 4

I never have believed in reincarnation, because it isn't biblical. And it doesn't seem to make sense to me that souls keep entering new bodies so that they can "get it right this time" so to speak, or become better each time....if that were the case, then why do people of this world seem to be getting worse and worse?

However, I've come to believe that it's possible that we were always with God, even before we were in our body, and that it's possible that God let us choose which life/body to have, and that we could even choose a life with other souls that we already knew. I get that from some accounts I've read of people who've had near death experiences. And in the Bible it does say that we were always with God (I'm pretty sure it does). So, I'm more likely to believe that our souls were there with God before they were in our body, than that our soul has been in many bodies before...

Answer 5

It depends on how far you're willing to go with the idea of reincarnation.

I believe that matter simply changes over time, such as transferring energy. Sure I don't think I'll die, wake up as a dog, and have to relive my life again...

But I do believe I'll become worm food, that they'll take the energy from my corpse to feed other animals, or become fertilization for the ground...and so in away I'm constantly being transferred until maybe I'm the grass a pig eats...that gets butchered and put on a pregnant woman's plate.

Then she transfers the energy and nutrients to her child...and the child is born and voila, I'm human again in a really roundabout, outrageous sense.

...eww.. I just talked about cannibalism >.< If you can get past THAT part...since it would probably be years later....>.>;;

Answer 6

Despite what others above have posted, Christians do believe in a form of reincarnation. You either go to heaven or hell, which is a form of life after death. If you were to completely deny reincarnation, it would mean that absolutely nothing happens after you die and completely cease to exist.

Answer 7

Absolutely not. Reincarnation assumes the potentiality of people reaching perfection or near perfection. Take a look around you and ask yourself how many people have you met or know of that actually qualify as nearly perfect or perfect, without a sinful nature somewhere in their being? The answer is a big fat none. Perfection of human nature is an oxymoron in and of itself and can never be achieved. And knowing that one can never reach that, tells me that I need to be saved from my eternal sin that I have no earthly chance of doing on my own, I therefore need a savior and His name is Jeshua. (Jesus) As a Christian, it is just plain nonsensical to support reincarnation in any shape, way or form.

Answer 8

Yes, I absolutely do believe in reincarnation. I believe in it because I know it is real, and it makes a whole lot more sense that a lot of what some other people believe.

Answer 9

I don't. For one, I have no proof of it for myself, and that's pretty much the only proof I would accept. For another, I don't see the purpose of it.

Assuming there were some higher power, I can't imagine why they'd make people live over and over again, particularly if it were for some karmic reason. Like they need to keep repeating their major life mistakes until they get it right.

That seems silly to me - why not just tell them what they're doing wrong for crying out loud? What's the point - amusement?

But now that I think about it, the idea of recycled "souls" isn't a bad one. Perhaps everyone just lives over and over again, but for no particular purpose. I could buy that.

But I still won't believe it until I experience it for myself.

Answer 10

No. Reincarnation is the idea of 'intellectual people' who do not want accountability for their sin. They have a need to keep trying to get it right all on their own. As a Christian, I already know I cannot get it all right by myself. I need Jesus. He helps me, forgives me and makes me ready for eternity with him. I will not come back as another person, a bug or a cow... I will spend eternity with the One I love....