Do you think that reincarnation is real? Or are you on the fence about it, thinking that it might be true?

Question

I sometimes think there might be reincarnation.

Answer 1

Why would you think that? There's no evidence for it at all. There are of course scam artists that will gladly take your money to convince you that you had a past life.

Answer 2

There are many problems with the salvation-by works doctrine of reincarnation. First, there are many practical problems. For example:
1. We must ask, why does one get punished for something he or she cannot remember having done in a previous life?
2. If the purpose of karma is to rid humanity of its selfish desires, then why hasn't there been a noticeable improvement in human nature after all the millennia of reincarnations?
3. If reincarnation and the law of karma are so beneficial on a practical level, then how do advocates of this doctrine explain the immense and ever-worsening social and economic problems - including widespread poverty, starvation, disease, and horrible suffering - in India, where reincarnation has been systematically taught through out its history?
There are also many biblical problems with believing in reincarnation. For example, in 2 Corinthians 5:8 the apostle Paul states, "We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord." At death, the, the Christian immediately goes into the presence of the Lord, not into another body. In keeping with this. Luke 16:19-31 tells us that unbelievers at death go to a place of suffering, not into another body.
Further, Hebrews 9:27 assures us that "man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment." Each human being LIVES ONCE as a mortal on earth, DIES ONCE, and then FACES JUDGMENT. He does not have a second chance by reincarnating into another body.

Answer 3

This is one of my beliefs I can bet on to be as real as matter. Never mind proof for those who seek for it. I need not have to convince someone to join the bandwagon. What I can't see with my two eyes can be seen with a mind. And I have seen such possibility with reincarnation.

Answer 4

For me there is no question - reincarnation is the only thing that makes sense to me. I think about what it takes to generate energy, say to run a city - now imagine how much it takes to run the whole world for allll this time. That is a tremendous amount of energy and this world is so full of infinite possibilities. It just doesn't make sense that we would live 70 years and then just lay in a box. I think there must be something more - and we learn so much about perception here, I think it takes multiple incarnations for our souls to learn a good portion of what we are trying to learn here.

Peace!

Answer 5

It really doesn't make any sense. First of all, you have to believe in a disembodied soul which floats around when your physical body dies. Then you have to accept that it will inhabit another life form, but when? why? how?

If you believe in Karma, it comes down to in the end that you believe things that get hurt or suffer somehow deserve it because of what they did in a "past life" which they have no recollection of.

It's all too much to swallow.

Answer 6

No but your Aviator looks like a reincarnation. cute. BB

Answer 7

Might be but I heard from a near death experiencer that all our memories are carried in our cells and those memories are passed from generation to generation and that's why people think they had past lives.

Answer 8

Reincarnation is the thing that builds religion. It is merely wishful thinking. All humans wish that they were more than what they really are. It's in our nature.

Answer 9

oh yes its real.......its only logical.......we will be forgiven the way we forgive others.......that alone will prove it ....and that fact alone will take a few life times...walking a mile in others shoes.

Answer 10

Trust me there is only one life use it well.