Do you find the idea of reincarnation to be viable?

Answer 1

I find it viable. A read "Scientific Evidence of Past Lives" by I think Tom Schroeder. He was an editor for the Washington Post and came at if from a sceptics lens. Very good read.

Answer 2

Well being a Hindu we believe in reincarnation so I'll give you an answer from that viewpoint. To us, reincarnation occurs when an individual continues to hold a strong attachment to the material world and continues to be reborn as long as he/she maintains that attachment. Once a person becomes selfless and lives his life not for himself but for others, the process of reincarnation stops and he achieves "Nirvana" where his soul merges into the Almighty.

So if you look at it from a certain way people today are attached to material things in the world. Reincarnation, to me at least, is a way of telling us that we still haven't achieved that higher plane of existence. So yes, to answer your question, it is viable.

Answer 3

yes, even us earthlings are learning the advantages of recycling!
seriously, yes i more then think its viable, i believe in it strongly!
as a child, i had memories, i at the time thought this was movies i had seen, then later as an adult i realized they didnt make movies like that back then, nor would i of seen anything like that as a young child, plus the emotions i connected to them were that of an adult, that was evidence enough for me
i do think though, that a rebirth is a new experience, and while many may retain some knowledge of the past, most will not have clear details, unless it has specific meaning to this life, or if they have traumas in this life, especially childhood
the general knowledge can be found in children, if you are open to it,

Answer 4

If it happened, something would have to keep existing after one's death. There is no evidence that there is any such thing.

People behaving the same way as someone of the past, it is because behavior is also due to genes. This does not mean that they are direct descendants of those people, but our genes have things in common. And every once in a while, the way people think is very similar.

Answer 5

I still have not heard a viable defintion of "self", so I do not know what would (re)incarnate. If you means conditions exist for karma to continue as another physiology, then obviously this is viable.

Answer 6

If the law of cause and effect is true, if you believe that nothing can come out of' nothing '.then there must be a past and a future to the present life. --100% viable.

Answer 7

How else would you explain all those reincarnations of Buddhists in Nepal and Tibet and so on, where little children/reincarnates promptly provide proof of knowledge from the life of their previous lives (e.g. birthdays, reading scriptures(?), praying) when they have just (re)learned to talk?

Answer 8

Could make sense in a lot of ways

Answer 9

yes, i do.

Answer 10

No.