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Title: Proof of reincarnation?
Post by: Full-Auto on July 24, 2009, 11:21:49 PM

http://www.fox8.com/wjw-reincarnation-txt%2C0%2C1190900.story

Interesting story.  By watching that news report you would think it was absolute proof of reincarnation.

Here's the flip side:

http://skeptico.blogs.com/skeptico/2005/07/reincarnation_a.html

Thoughts?

Title: Re: Proof of reincarnation?
Post by: Mr Mannn on July 25, 2009, 03:03:27 AM

I go with skeptico. This has nothing to do with reincarnation.

Title: Re: Proof of reincarnation?
Post by: vesta111 on July 25, 2009, 05:01:28 AM

Quote from: Mr Mannn on July 25, 2009, 03:03:27 AM

I go with skeptico. This has nothing to do with reincarnation.

There has to be some reason to explain why civilisations that never mingled hold common beliefs.---Are our brains pre wired in some way that causes different cultures to arrive at the same conclusions.?

India and parts of Asia have people that can do what we consider the impossible through training the brain to control the body in strange and marvelous ways.

Then we hear about a child in China that at age 3 could play recognizable passages on the piano.

WE put this down to some folks have a talent, a calling, knack for what ever.  Then with little thought we mention that they may have inherited the skill  or obsession from a great grand parent.

Strange how easy it is to believe a child can inherit a skill from all those generations of DNA but refuse to believe reincarnation from a stranger.

Title: Re: Proof of reincarnation?
Post by: Mr Mannn on July 25, 2009, 08:31:06 AM

And then some people believe just because they wanna believe.

Title: Re: Proof of reincarnation?
Post by: vesta111 on July 25, 2009, 09:08:11 AM

Quote from: Mr Mannn on July 25, 2009, 08:31:06 AM

And then some people believe just because they wanna believe.

OK I bite, What does belief have to do with our brain processes.?

Explain hypnoses to me and how that works.

Then why is it that if one has no belief in a subject they lag behind those who do and experiment with it.?

No one really believes anything unless they can touch, feel, smell, hear and see it.

Any idea what early pioneers in bacteria had to go through to get doctors to wash their hands .?

I see nothing on my skin, I feel nothing, smell nothing or hear nothing, but it is there in fact.

Title: Re: Proof of reincarnation?
Post by: Celtic Rose on July 25, 2009, 10:00:33 AM

The fact that pertinent details like the boy's visit to the Air Museum were left out makes the reincarnation story much less believable.

Title: Re: Proof of reincarnation?
Post by: MrsSmith on July 25, 2009, 12:30:54 PM

Quote from: vesta111 on July 25, 2009, 05:01:28 AM

There has to be some reason to explain why civilisations that never mingled hold common beliefs.---

Never mingled?  As all the people on Earth descended from Noah and his family, all civilizations began in the same place, with the same knowledge.  It's not really strange that they held common beliefs.

Title: Re: Proof of reincarnation?
Post by: delilahmused on July 25, 2009, 12:53:39 PM

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No one really believes anything unless they can touch, feel, smell, hear and see it.

Then explain faith.

Cindie

Title: Re: Proof of reincarnation?
Post by: JohnnyReb on July 26, 2009, 12:10:43 PM

For proof of reincarnation, just look at the DUmmies, they were all dogs and cats in a previous life. They got used to being feed, housed and taken to the vet for shots without having to do a darn thing to earn it.

Modified to add: One didn't quite complete the trip...UGP.... :rotf: