(September 17, 2015 at 10:18 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: I wish that I could believe in reincarnation. The idea of having multiple chances to learn and improve really speaks to me.
But oh, when you think about it, reincarnation makes about as much sense as singing "holy holy" or frying for all eternity. Every being . . . coming back as a new creature? Starting with what being, trilobites? A soul - - which we have absolutely no proof of existing - - being reborn over and over? No, I can't buy that either.
Do you really wish you were stupid enough to be able to believe in an idiotic idea? If so, destroying part of your brain could make that possible. I do not recommend it.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
