[ntellect]

PTJ04, Heidi and gldskr, these are all great posts. I really enjoy reading and researching a lot of the info that is posted here.

It is so easy to go with the flow of what everyone else thinks or "believes." It seems to me that when it comes to most religions, most people "believe what they know" but don't "know what they believe." I think there's a huge difference.

PTJ04, I believe you summed it up best when you basically said that whenever there's a doubt, confusion, contradictions or no answers, some religious people will tell you it's "God's plan."

As far as Heidi's post regarding not fearing a "physiological death" and relating that to some type of reincarnation, I don't think she is to far off. The Hindu culture is not the only nor is it the first culture to believe in some "type" of reincarnation.

I think we are all in the same ball park with some of our thoughts. Going back to science or nature. What is the only thing that can never be destroyed? From a "science" perspective it's energy. From a "religious" perspective it's the soul. Both just change or transform into something that isn't measurable or tangible. According to "science" and "religion" they both exist forever in some state.

So in my opinion, I believe reincarnation is a possibility because it's just a transformation. Doesn't necessarily mean you come back in a physical form but it doesn't mean that you can't as well.

The question that I'm constantly thinking about is, if the soul or energy can never be destroyed and always exists and fire can't destroy a soul or burn it because it's just energy. Does that mean we have always existed in some form or fashion because the soul or that energy had to originate somewhere at some point in time or existence itself.

Does that make sense? Sometimes I confuse my own self. LOL