How many people here believe in reincarnation?

Question

Please state your religion (the one you were baptized under) and what you follow, in case you follow other teachings than your original religion.


If you do NOT believe in rencarnation, please, just skip this question. I am interested in those who do believe

Answer 1

Let's say reincarnation is my "working hypothesis." If we want to postulate some sort of overall justice (and I suppose we do WANT to, even if we don't succeed), then the fact that some rather nasty people apparently prosper while some apparently innocent people suffer must be addressed. The only way I can reconcile this is to postulate that we get more than one lifetime, and what we do in this one moves us up or down, depending. However, this at least supports a theory of a human soul, which starts to edge over into theism of some kind. I guess I see it as a significant "maybe." After all, I should get another chance to be one of those lovely, slim, elegant, intelligent and charming ladies like others get to be. Or at least their avatar pictures. LOL

Answer 2

I am of no religion, however for a long time I had believed that Jesus taught reincarnation, but this was excluded when "christianity" was formed...

It is in the 'Talmud Jmmanuel' material you will find the original teachings of "Jesus".
Many people do believe in reincarnation as the most logical of all the theories put forward about life, etc etc - that a general method about reincarnation can be agreed upon, but not in the specifics and particulars of - now, how does it work?

Answer 3

I am an atheist.

I do not believe in things that you are able to disprove. Reincarnation is definately something that can not be discounted. I am not saying that it is a given, but I certainly concede that if there were a non-physical essence common to all living creatures (spirit, soul, life energy) which lived on past mortal death, it is possible that the essence would attempt to increase its depth by experiencing mortality again.

Through deep meditation, which I attempt regularly, scenes play out with such lucidity and which are so deep and vivid that they can only be memories. I can identify with people there, and even feel emotional pangs occasionally towards individuals, pain related to loss or love, it is very interesting to observe. The memories or scenes are not from this life time.

Answer 4

I do! Though my concept of reincarnation is different than what most people in the USA think of it. I picture each person as a drop of water that was taken from a glass. When we die the drop is returned to the glass of water. When someone is born they have a new drop of water.

I just used water as an analogy. I picked this concept up somewhere in my studies of Eastern religions and philosophies.

My religion: I'm a Pagan who most closely identifies with Wicca.

I was baptized in Christianity, but I'm not longer apart of that faith.

Answer 5

It would seem I am more spiritually baptized than affiliated with a specific religion. There was a time when I felt reincarnation was possible. Now however, after a near-death experience, I am hopeful that it is not a possibility because I don't care to return.

Answer 6

Since we are all made up of energy, regardless of our religion (scientific fact), then I would have to say I do believe in a form of reincarnation.
Just as plants and animals die, only to be reclaimed by the earth, and reformed to create nourishment for other plants and animals, so to does all the energy throughout the universe change into many forms.
The religion I was born into was Lutheran, but I have delved into many different religions, finally settling on Eclectic Paganism.

Answer 7

Baptized church of England, looked at many religions and belief systems, follow buddhism, so naturally believe in reincarnation.

Answer 8

I have been baptized as a Methodist and a Baptist. I believe in reincarnation and evolution. How and when God began dealing with man when man was struggling in the wild trying to survive is anybodies guess. But I believe when someone says that man was made in Gods image, No mater where it's written, it discredits God severely and tries to make him less of a God that we visualize today.
If man was made in God's image, What dose that tell us of God?

Answer 9

I was never baptized, thank the gods. But I am a Pagan and I do believe in reincarnation.

Answer 10

I was baptized as a Baptist, and now I'm trying to follow Wicca. I believe in reincarnation.