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15 May 2016, 7:02 am

If you believe in reincarnation and also in the existence of life on other planets, do you think then that aliens can be reborn as humans and vice versa?



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15 May 2016, 8:10 am

If you think that an invisible pink unicorn can live inside a paper cup, then it's likely that you can imagine any fantastical thing.



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15 May 2016, 12:47 pm

Imdont think there are any aliens



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15 May 2016, 1:36 pm

Fnord wrote:
If you think that an invisible pink unicorn can live inside a paper cup, then it's likely that you can imagine any fantastical thing.


Of course you can imagine any fantastical thing, that's how nice fairy tales are written. Anyways, your point is that it's all the same, right, because you don't believe it when there's no proof? But there are so many things which are interesting to think about that can never be proven or disproven.



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15 May 2016, 1:42 pm

Why not? It would make sense that humans and aliens could cross-reincarnate. If they couldn't, then there would have to be some mechanism restricting free reincarnation. Maybe the process of reincarnation depends on a relatively stable context, i. e., the same planetary system.


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15 May 2016, 1:43 pm

slenkar wrote:
Imdont think there are any aliens


I don't think it's possible that there aren't. This entire universe doesn't exist simply for our benefit.



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15 May 2016, 1:49 pm

Shrapnel wrote:
slenkar wrote:
Imdont think there are any aliens


I don't think it's possible that there aren't. This entire universe doesn't exist simply for our benefit.

Lol, tell that to a fundamentalist and see how far you get.



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15 May 2016, 1:54 pm

Let me expand your perspective a bit. This universe is only one of multitudes. A mansion has many rooms of which this is only one out of thousands. The on-line world has many servers per MMORPG.

Each server could be regarded as its own Universe, for which each MMORPG may have several, and MMORPGs are themselves also quite numerous. Whether you call it reincarnation, recycling, transferring of servers, re-starting on another character, the process does not necessarily need to be restricted to one mere universe.

arkatron wrote:
Why not? It would make sense that humans and aliens could cross-reincarnate. If they couldn't, then there would have to be some mechanism restricting free reincarnation. Maybe the process of reincarnation depends on a relatively stable context, i. e., the same planetary system.

End-Game, from what I can tell, can only be achieved when you can remove all contamination that may have control over your mind/thoughts. Consider it an advanced level of ridding oneself of drugs/alcohol that may be intoxicating their system, except in the grander scheme of things, you want to rid yourself of the molecular-version of mind-altering/mood-affecting contamination.


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15 May 2016, 2:09 pm

Such concepts make for great role-playing games, but seem to have little (if any) cause for belief in reality (my ninth-level Druid came back as a badger).

HOWEVER, if reincarnation is real, then I want to be restored to the Korean Imperial throne, have the Hapsburgs apologize for having me assassinated, and have the dagger returned that I left in Julius Ceaser's chest. I want my 10,000-year old starship back, too!

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15 May 2016, 2:43 pm

Aristophanes wrote:
Shrapnel wrote:

This entire universe doesn't exist simply for our benefit.

Lol, tell that to a fundamentalist and see how far you get.


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