Coming Back- The Science of Reincarnation

[Aviator]

I have been reading this book, and I am impressed. It presents a whole new view of life, death, afterlife and prelife.
Apparently, you (soul) can exist in one of the following forms, depending on the level of purity. From least to greatest

1. Soil
2. Plants
3. Animals
4. Humans
5. Demigods

And you can be promoted or demoted depending on your behavior.
Surprisingly, the concept of reincarnation seems to have been well understood before the biblical times. Even Jesus himuserofu seemed to acknowledge this.
Example: Jesus said that John the Baptist is a reincarnation of Elias the Prophet.
He also accepted that there's the possibility that the man born blind may have been born blind due to some sin he had committed earlier (suggesting a prelife). Same applies to Islam. Even us Greeks have this concept.

It makes an interesting read. Get it here.

Coming Back - The Science of Reincarnation By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

 

[kijanamrefu]

Sometimes I think plants are above humans.

Aside, imagine if humans pollinated like plants.

We'd ejaculate powder then it gets carried by the wind into a field of upside down women who have their legs spread.

Or, we'd cum into the open mouth of a bird who then goes to deposit it inside the vagina of another human.

 

[Mwalimu-G]

Ati demigods? reke nemwo...

 

[Introvert]

Sometimes I think plants are above humans.

Aside, imagine if humans pollinated like plants.

We'd ejaculate powder then it gets carried by the wind into a field of upside down women who have their legs spread.

Or, we'd cum into the open mouth of a bird who then goes to deposit it inside the vagina of another human.

A shteamulated Saturday morning, I see.
Ghasia.

 

[Mwalimu-G]

Sometimes I think plants are above humans.

Aside, imagine if humans pollinated like plants.

We'd ejaculate powder then it gets carried by the wind into a field of upside down women who have their legs spread.

Or, we'd cum into the open mouth of a bird who then goes to deposit it inside the vagina of another human.

Naona ni kama umetumia tayari.

 

[upepo]

Naona ni kama umetumia tayari.

We trust your judgement, fully.

 

[Mwalimu-G]

We trust your judgement, fully.

Huoni jamaa anaongea juu ya sublimated spermatozoa?

 

[mzeiya]

Sometimes I think plants are above humans.

Aside, imagine if humans pollinated like plants.

We'd ejaculate powder then it gets carried by the wind into a field of upside down women who have their legs spread.

Or, we'd cum into the open mouth of a bird who then goes to deposit it inside the vagina of another human.

 

[Burner]

Question 1. Define a soul.
Question 2. Show that a soul exists.

 

[It's Me Scumbag]

Sometimes I think plants are above humans.

Aside, imagine if humans pollinated like plants.

We'd ejaculate powder then it gets carried by the wind into a field of upside down women who have their legs spread.

Or, we'd cum into the open mouth of a bird who then goes to deposit it inside the vagina of another human.

Another one needs to take his daily dose.

 

[Aviator]

Question 1. Define a soul.
Question 2. Show that a soul exists.

1) The soul is "you" as set aside from the body.
When you say "This is my finger", the " me" is the soul.
2) Refer to above.

 

[Burner]

1) The soul is "you" as set aside from the body.
When you say "This is my finger", the " me" is the soul.
2) Refer to above.

1. How can there be a you apart from the body? This is wordplay that means nothing. You can say "this is a bed", would it not follow that the "a" is the soul of the bed? You have not defined anything in your statement hence it is reduced to absurdity.

2. That is a Circular argument.

 

[Aviator]

1. How can there be a you apart from the body? This is wordplay that means nothing. You can say "this is a bed", would it not follow that the "a" is the soul of the bed? You have not defined anything in your statement hence it is reduced to absurdity.

2. That is a Circular argument.

1) OK, let me put it another way.
The soul is what makes your body function.
Or that which leaves your body when it dies. Whatever you call it, I will call it the soul.
2) Whereas this can not be measured empirically like a battery voltage, we know it exists since there is something different that happens when death happens.

 

[It's Me Scumbag]

1. How can there be a you apart from the body? This is wordplay that means nothing. You can say "this is a bed", would it not follow that the "a" is the soul of the bed? You have not defined anything in your statement hence it is reduced to absurdity.

2. That is a Circular argument.

Hii wisdom yoote si itafanya kishwa ilipuke?

 

[Burner]

1) OK, let me put it another way.
The soul is what makes your body function.
Or that which leaves your body when it dies. Whatever you call it, I will call it the soul.
2) Whereas this can not be measured empirically like a battery voltage, we know it exists since there is something different that happens when death happens.

These are all assertions with no justified evidence.
1. You say the soul makes the body function. How? Demonstrate that "something" leaves the body.
2. You say it cannot be measured empirically but it is known to exist? Prove it.
3. There is something different when death happens..what is this? And how can you demonstrate it.
4. You have still not given a definition of a soul. Saying it makes the body function is like defining a shoe as something your foot enters. It is vague and doesnt tell us alot

 

[Budspencer]

These are all assertions with no justified evidence.
1. You say the soul makes the body function. How? Demonstrate that "something" leaves the body.
2. You say it cannot be measured empirically but it is known to exist? Prove it.
3. There is something different when death happens..what is this? And how can you demonstrate it.
4. You have still not given a definition of a soul. Saying it makes the body function is like defining a shoe as something your foot enters. It is vague and doesnt tell us alot

The soul is you. Your personality. Most body functions are involuntary. You don't tell your heart to beat nor your kidneys to filter. The soul is housed in the brain and integrated with the thought process. Human are special coz they know they exist and are transient. They show emotions and experience regret. As Descartes observed, Cogito, ergo sum.

 

[Mwalimu-G]

The soul is you. Your personality. Most body functions are involuntary. You don't tell your heart to beat nor your kidneys to filter. The soul is housed in the brain and integrated with the thought process. Human are special coz they know they exist and are transient. They show emotions and experience regret. As Descartes observed, Cogito, ergo sum.

Allow me to wonder and wander because we are special: When the wildebeests decide it is migration time, is it normally the result of thinking?
I have also seen dogs very happy and also very ferocious too. are these not emotions?

 

[Burner]

The soul is you. Your personality. Most body functions are involuntary. You don't tell your heart to beat nor your kidneys to filter. The soul is housed in the brain and integrated with the thought process. Human are special coz they know they exist and are transient. They show emotions and experience regret. As Descartes observed, Cogito, ergo sum.

Personalities are malleable. Either by consciously by repeated behaviour or unconsciously via external factors e.g labotomy. So do souls change at a whim?
The soul is housed in the brain? Show where and this intergration that you speak of?

Human are special coz they know they exist and are transient. They show emotions and experience regret. As Descartes observed, Cogito, ergo sum.

I dont know what you mean by special.
Apes and other animals are capable of expressing emotions as well. Self-awareness is also an attribute that has been shown among apes.

 

[mzeiya]

When the wildebeests decide it is migration time, is it normally the result of thinking?

They don't decide.
Their preemptive action is as a result of diminishing food supplies and the knowledge of where to find alternative feed. Same with birds as they respond to changing weather phenomena

 

[Mwalimu-G]

Their preemptive action is as a result of diminishing food supplies and the knowledge of where to find

When you see a big guy coming at you with a big knife and run is your preemptive action a result of your thinking "this doesn't look good/looks dangerous?