Do you believe in reincarnation?

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Mar 25, 2017 9:06 AM
Sounds awesome. How old is this kid now? Obviously very skeptical [emoji3].

He'll probably grow up and become an NBA player and sit out for rest 8x a season
Mar 25, 2017 9:06am
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Mar 25, 2017 10:04 AM
I do not believe in reincarnation. That kid is full of shit
Mar 25, 2017 10:04am
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Mar 25, 2017 10:11 AM
The idea of reincarnation is a lot more believable than some of the shit the Bible tells you.
Mar 25, 2017 10:11am
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Mar 25, 2017 10:38 AM
justincredible;1843907 wrote:This is a pretty interesting story I saw the other day. Could this kid be the second coming of Lou Gehrig or is the mother putting us all on and feeding her kid lines?

http://people.com/books/meet-the-boy-who-believes-he-was-lou-gehrig-in-a-past-life-his-mom-is-convinced-too/

[video=youtube;uf2tORRZAVc][/video]
I'd say the odds are 99.5% the mother is feeding her kids lines
.5% reincarnation

He's the preschooler who's thrown out 1st pitches at MLB games. Kid attends a LA game and says his favorite player is Clayton Kershaw when interviewed....
Mar 25, 2017 10:38am
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Mar 25, 2017 1:10 PM
no
Mar 25, 2017 1:10pm
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Mar 25, 2017 1:32 PM
Probably more likely than the typical religious heaven/hell/valhalla/happy hunting grounds/tartarus etc., but I'd still put it closer to the "fairy tales for the gullible" department than reality.
Mar 25, 2017 1:32pm
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Mar 25, 2017 2:25 PM
Pretty sure I was Edward Payson Weston in a previous life.
Mar 25, 2017 2:25pm
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Mar 25, 2017 4:30 PM
Sonofanump;1843942 wrote:Pretty sure I was Edward Payson Weston in a previous life.
Is the title of pedestrian considered a job or career?
Mar 25, 2017 4:30pm
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Mar 25, 2017 4:46 PM
I like this mom way better than Lavar
Mar 25, 2017 4:46pm
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Mar 25, 2017 9:48 PM
If you've never died you would never know about what out there.....
Mar 25, 2017 9:48pm
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Mar 26, 2017 2:42 PM
I think the only people who know what it's like to be dead are people who are already dead.

But I don't think reincarnation is completely unbelievable. I definitely think I have a conscience (however you want to define it) and I find it odd to believe when I die that it just goes away.
Mar 26, 2017 2:42pm
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Mar 26, 2017 5:37 PM
People are so gullible
Mar 26, 2017 5:37pm
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Mar 26, 2017 8:10 PM
I like to tell the certain ethnic telemarketers who call to inform me that something is wrong with my computer or that I owe money to the IRS and am facing arrest.........that I am grilling hamburgers and will probably be eating their grandparents.

Click.
Mar 26, 2017 8:10pm
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Mar 27, 2017 10:16 AM
FatHobbit;1844123 wrote:I think the only people who know what it's like to be dead are people who are already dead.

But I don't think reincarnation is completely unbelievable. I definitely think I have a conscience (however you want to define it) and I find it odd to believe when I die that it just goes away.
I agree. I don't know what's out there "after life." I don't know if it's heaven/hell, or reincarnation, or a parallel universe....or whatever. But I don't believe it's "lights out" as many on this board seem to believe.
Mar 27, 2017 10:16am
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Mar 28, 2017 4:27 PM
justincredible;1843907 wrote:This is a pretty interesting story I saw the other day. Could this kid be the second coming of Lou Gehrig or is the mother putting us all on and feeding her kid lines?

http://people.com/books/meet-the-boy-who-believes-he-was-lou-gehrig-in-a-past-life-his-mom-is-convinced-too/

[video=youtube;uf2tORRZAVc][/video]
Mother feeding information.
Mar 28, 2017 4:27pm
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Mar 28, 2017 6:34 PM
SnotBubbles;1844318 wrote:I agree. I don't know what's out there "after life." I don't know if it's heaven/hell, or reincarnation, or a parallel universe....or whatever. But I don't believe it's "lights out" as many on this board seem to believe.
If you're dead, how is your conscious able to continue on? I guess I can't wrap my head around my "spirit" or "conscious" continuing on after I'm dead.
Mar 28, 2017 6:34pm
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Mar 28, 2017 9:41 PM
Is it conscious or conscience?
Mar 28, 2017 9:41pm
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Mar 28, 2017 9:54 PM
I believe "consciousness" was the appropriate word here.
Mar 28, 2017 9:54pm
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Mar 28, 2017 9:58 PM
Zunardo;1844559 wrote:I believe "consciousness" was the appropriate word here.
This, but I think conscious works too.

I'm of the opinion that your conscious or consciousness is a construct of the brain. When the brain dies, so does it. I am open to being persuaded otherwise, though.
Mar 28, 2017 9:58pm
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Mar 28, 2017 10:38 PM
Not attempting to persusde but what if your brain is a construct of your conscious?

Not religious either so I'm not coming from any angle even remotely related to that dogma

When you boil it all down, isn't a brain basically a biological mass firing electrons at incredible speeds that gives us our senses and allow us to interface with our surroundings?

If that definition holds water, wouldn't it be logical to conclude that something else (consciousness) operates this biological computer?

I'm not gonna pretend to say I know if reincarnation is possible or not because I don't know. I will say that I'm not ready to dismiss it because our understanding of the human mind/brain is extremely limited IMO.
Mar 28, 2017 10:38pm
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Mar 29, 2017 9:41 AM
Zunardo;1844559 wrote:I believe "consciousness" was the appropriate word here.
justincredible;1844560 wrote:This, but I think conscious works too.

I'm of the opinion that your conscious or consciousness is a construct of the brain. When the brain dies, so does it. I am open to being persuaded otherwise, though.
That makes more sense. I tend to get the two mixed up.
Mar 29, 2017 9:41am
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Mar 29, 2017 10:21 AM
"Conscious" is the state of being awake and alert, as far as I know. I don't think it applies to this discussion at all. That should be "conscience".
Mar 29, 2017 10:21am
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Mar 29, 2017 10:34 AM
GOONx19;1844620 wrote:"Conscious" is the state of being awake and alert, as far as I know. I don't think it applies to this discussion at all. That should be "conscience".
I think the noun part of "conscious" is what is being referred. But I think it's consciousness.
Mar 29, 2017 10:34am