(March 13, 2010 at 1:53 pm)Frank Wrote: I always hear these spiritualists talk about evidence of reincarnation (e.g. the story of a kid who remembers being a fighter pilot in a previous war or something to that affect). These stories are commonly centered around something a kid might find pretty cool (like being a fighter pilot, soldier, fireman, etc.). I've never heard of someone remembering their prior life as a cow or insect.
Indeed, but the stories are drummed up in such a way as to make them seem very believable. Most likely discarding important facts that might cast doubt over the claim.
I often wondered why none of the Buddhists I spoke to ever remembered past lives as a fly or a camel, or even as gods (gods in Buddhism are subject to rebirth also).
I think that they are most likely the product of our great ability to fantasize and imagine things in great detail.
