Thread: DO YOU BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION? why or why not?

Originally Posted by VinceField

There is a wide array of evidence which suggests that reincarnation is not just possible, but probable. Some of it is even posted right here in this thread! Education defeats ignorance!

We had a long discussion in another thread and I didn't like it, and I'm not going to do it again.

Originally Posted by Ginsan

We had a long discussion in another thread and I didn't like it, and I'm not going to do it again.

My point was that not being informed of something does not excuse acting like it doesn't exist, especially in our current Google era when almost any information you can think of is a click away. This is why you go to jail for committing a crime whether or not you knew the act was illegal. I'm simply encouraging research and acquiring knowledge before jumping to conclusions about something.

Originally Posted by LouaiB

Are these studies peer reviewed??

Some are, some aren't. You can google it!

Originally Posted by VinceField

There is a wide array of evidence which suggests that reincarnation is not just possible, but probable. Some of it is even posted right here in this thread! Education defeats ignorance!

Are these studies peer reviewed??

^^ Well...

A whole lot of misinformation, personal opinion, and decidedly not fact-based theory is also just a click away -- indeed the questionable, anecdotal, and opinion-based stuff is likely the overwhelming majority of content on the internet... so just clicking doesn't necessarily equal informed. Web-based research must be done very carefully, lest the "knowledge" acquired leads us to extremely incorrect conclusions, jumping or not.

Yes, there is a lot of misinformation out there. Much discernment is needed in navigating through it all.

You're right, I haven't done much research so I acknowledge my immaturity, ignorance or unwillingness to learn or whatever you want to call it.

Just like I haven't spent much time researching Zeus, the existence of aliens (especially those that visited the earth), ECK (a divine spirit from a religion founded by John Paul Twitchell in 1965, Las Vegas), Krishna, Brahman, the gods of the Mayan religion, Cronus, Rea, the existence of demigods and probably hundreds of other gods and godlike figures, my unwillingness to learn about things also extends to the existence of the Yeti, Vampires, Werewolves, the Eastern Bunny, Santa Claus, dragons, the Loch Ness monster, Ghosts, psychic powers that many mystical guru's are claimed to have by MILLIONS of followers.

I think you get the point. In defense of aliens and Vampires, Vampires make for great fiction and aliens are possibly quite fascinating creatures.

Originally Posted by LouaiB

Are these studies peer reviewed??

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Originally Posted by Ginsan

You're right, I haven't done much research so I acknowledge my immaturity, ignorance or unwillingness to learn or whatever you want to call it.

Just like I haven't spent much time researching Zeus, the existence of aliens (especially those that visited the earth), ECK (a divine spirit from a religion founded by John Paul Twitchell in 1965, Las Vegas), Krishna, Brahman, the gods of the Mayan religion, Cronus, Rea, the existence of demigods and probably hundreds of other gods and godlike figures, my unwillingness to learn about things also extends to the existence of the Yeti, Vampires, Werewolves, the Eastern Bunny, Santa Claus, dragons, the Loch Ness monster, Ghosts, psychic powers that many mystical guru's are claimed to have by MILLIONS of followers.

I think you get the point. In defense of aliens and Vampires, Vampires make for great fiction and aliens are possibly quite fascinating creatures.

Sure, you're not interested in such things. There is nothing wrong with that. My point is that until you do research these things, you lack the knowledge to form an accurate belief about them. Without this knowledge, you are left with little more than preconceptions and misconceptions. Of course, it may not be all that important to know about most of these things, but I would surely be discreet in voicing my opinions about them without being informed.

The fact that I have never come across any reason that I found compelling enough to believe that these things exist, convinces me to rule out their existence and be confident that there is no reason to research it. And I won't change my mind about it until I come across such a reason.

Do you think that these things and dozens, maybe hundreds of simlar things to the things I listed are likely to exist? Do you think that there might be an invisible untouchable unsmellable undectable monster in your closet that will only be detectable when it decides to eat you exists? If not, it's probably not because you have spent time researching this possibility.

Originally Posted by Ginsan

The fact that I have never come across any reason that I found compelling enough to believe that these things exist, convinces me to rule out their existence and be confident that there is no reason to research it. And I won't change my mind about it until I come across such a reason.

How could you come across a reason when you have never looked into it, and how will you ever come across such a reason when you presume that there is no reason to research it to begin with? Are you expecting to see that stuff on the 6 o'clock news?! Do you see the flaw in your logic here? You're doing things backwards. Only by researching will you know if there is a reason to believe that these things are possible. Until then, like I said before, you are trusting your preconceptions and misconceptions (these two usually go hand in hand), which is never a better choice than educating oneself.

Personally, I've had enough extraordinary experiences and come across some compelling evidence for things which I would have never believe were possible had I not done research and put in a little effort to provide the insight that nothing should be rejected out of hand.

Originally Posted by VinceField

Are you expecting to see that s*** on the 6 o'clock news?!

No. I do no expect to find it on the 6 o'clock news. And for your information, I do not watch the 6 o'clock news or any o'clock news or any news for that matter. With the exception of this case: someone happened to start the television, open a channel where the news programme is being broadcast and I happened to be there, then I will obviously be watching the news.

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