Death

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well, if your a cockroach atleast you wouldnt live long till you got squashed and had another go around.

If that's the case, then what does it mean to say that you were you? Does it mean that the souls had the same serial number?

The Buddhist view is that there is no transmigration of souls, but that it is like one candle lighting another. I think the Hindu view is different.

True, who knows, its the mystical world of buhda.

Actually, I was referring to the more popular view of reincarnation. The Buddhist idea is pretty hard to grasp, and, as you said, the Hindu idea is different from the Buddhist idea.The Buddhist view reminds me of quantum mechanics. You can think of your life as a ripple on the sea...

I don't really know. Sometimes I kind of think that when your dead your just dead and thats it but I like to think there is a heaven. I just can't imagine what it would be like. I sort of believe in reincarnation though to there are aspects of it that kind of do make sense.I know I probably don't make any sense but I can't really be sure of what I believe in As far as stuff like life after death. I need proof I guess.

I don't understand this whole reincarnation thing. If you're brought back as something else, wouldn't you know that you were previously something else? Wouldn't you also know a lot of your previous life? If you did remember this stuff, then it would influence your current life and you would tell people about it. However, I've never heard of anyone who knew about their previous life/lives. If they can't remember their previous selves, then they wouldn't really be a reincarnation, would they? They'd just be a new soul, right?

i dont fear death either, i just fear growing old.
i really dont believe in heaven and hell though, i dont really believe in evil

I don't fear getting old, i plan on doing is disgracefully LOL

a lot of people do say they have some recollection of their past life, but maybe they just shelled out a lot of money to some hypnotist guy

really?i'll either become a total bitch or like you said i'll grow old gracefully. if i lose control though of my life, i'll be annoyed, like if i'm stuck in a wheelchair i dont know what i'll do...lol

a lot of people do say they have some recollection of their past lifeAnd the were all Cleopatra. There don't seem to be enough past lives to go around.People haven't been around forever. Were the first humans llamas and bears in their past lives?

Actually I thought it was neat a few months ago our news program did a story about this little boy (think he's like 4 or 5) who they thought was in WWII. He knew a lot of information about what happened, even about the planes and everything. It was VERY interesting. Even if you don't believe in such a thing it was really weird to listen to this little boy give out accurate, pin point, details about being in the war.

I saw that Eddie. That was interesting.

Steve, I recommend you go rent a movie. Defending Your Life I think you will especially enjoy the past lives scene when a big fat trucker finds out he was Cleopatra.

I haven't seen that movie, but Albert Brooks rocks. I hope he doesn't eventually pass into obscurity, the way that S.J. Pearlman seems to have.

It was a funny damned show, sappy happy ending that you can see coming from the opening credits, but everything in between is great. In fact I belive that everyoe should go rent it, personally I own the VHS so im exempt from renting it, infact i wonder if it ever was released on DVD? Its one I would like to pick up o a more permenant media then Tape..

Do you beleive in god yourself? All of my family does, but im having doubts. I mean how do you know, other then going by what the preacher says in the front of the church on sunday mornings. Really you have no actual information.. well there is the bible and all that but Im just not sure if I beleive in all that.~*~*ME

actually very recently (or over the course of when i got out of my parents house) i have been having doubts.I think its my growing interest in science and learning that is showing me god cant possibly exist, but its difficult to accept we came from apes (thats just me), I still call myself jewish cause its more a culture thing i think. shrug I dont like the word atheist either lmao.

I dont like the word atheistHow about "agnostic"?