05-20-2005, 09:28 PM
Obviously I have little background in this, but how exactly does reincarnation work? Does anyone here believe in this? Obviously there must be many animals made into people because the growth rate of people is staggering. Whether you're good or bad determines what you will be in the next life I assume, but how does it determine if an animal is good or bad or what you (or an animal) needs to do to be a human again. I suppose if an insect can become human it would make more sense since there are so many insects in the world. We as humans don't even come close to touching the numbers of insects.
This is part of the reason I think any religion is fairly stupid, because it fails to even try to address what was here before. In Christianity we die and go to heaven. Alright, fine. Where were we before? What were we before? Sure Christianity has a "beginning" story but that really only creates more questions then answers. Most religions say you must believe on faith and say life is a test merely because they have no other answers for you.
This is part of the reason I think any religion is fairly stupid, because it fails to even try to address what was here before. In Christianity we die and go to heaven. Alright, fine. Where were we before? What were we before? Sure Christianity has a "beginning" story but that really only creates more questions then answers. Most religions say you must believe on faith and say life is a test merely because they have no other answers for you.