I read a short story back in college about a woman who helped people remember their past lives. Somehow she gets transported to a universe where reincarnation is completely real and everyone remembers all their previous past lives. Suicide was rampant and the world generally sucked. She somehow transitions to helping people forget their past lives to make the world a better place. I really wish I could remember the title of the story.
I highly doubt it. Believers say that when a person dies, their memories are pretty much obliterated. So even if someone is going to be reborn, who they were no longer exists.
I guess it depends. If you're eager to get the fuck outta this mortal coil, would having to go through childhood again really be something you'd be eager to do?
I'd be tempted but what if I reincarnate into a Republican Congressman? Thats the end of the good karma train.
Maybe animals know that, and that's why livestock are so docile about their situation.
I started thinking that it's crazy that those who do believe in reincarnation always seem to think they are gonna end up back here on Earth. If that shit was real, it would have to be a part of the laws governing the entire universe. Maybe it is real, but nobody on Earth has ever reincarnated back to Earth. They became an alien on another planet trillions of lightyears away.
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18 luck 17 strength 18 perception 16 intelligence...
Ahfuckit I'm rerolling it
What in the seven hells of asmodeus are you smoking over there to get those stats?
More like how many times would I reroll trying for all 20s
Maybe. If it's tied to a kharmic system and not sticking it out led to worse incarnations, that'd probably be a good countering force.
I bet there are way more people who think their life is below average than there are below average lives
Only if you got to carry over your past memories, which apparently we don't, assuming it exists. So, how would knowing that it exists change anything?
There is a movie about a scientist that proves the afterlife exists. A bunch of people kill themselves. And then it's discovered that the afterlife they thought they found was not infact an afterlife but more like some time spatial recording of an alternative reality or something.
Honestly it's still a little vague at the end how the so called evidence is really supportive of life after death.
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
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