I'll just hold onto the notion of everlasting life with Jesus and the angles
It is a good notion, if I had it I would hold onto it too.
I got no planes on coming back as anything other than some random molecules. If I die and St Peter asks me for my social security number I will be very disapointed. The Jews have a prayer quoting from memory "Thank you lord for not creating me a woman'
Yeah I think women got a bad deal too. We men got to love women and all you got was us hairy apes.
Not sure if my family is typical we talking immigrants, old fashioned jews not this modern stuff. In my family dead was dead, no adult ever spoke to me of heaven or hell, For us it was all here and now. I plan on staying dead. I think people get a narrow view of the reincarnation thing. Or as nietzsche and others have called it Eternal Return. I think you got to take the cosmic view, think in terms of billions of years. Another thing about reincarnation is the idea that souls are reborn, I read somewhere there are more people alive at this moment then have ever exested before. Where are all these new souls coming from if they keep being reborn, I suppose a few are escaping from the endless cycle of birth death birth, A lot of Buddhists here, I can't keep up with all the words satori nirvanna ,, etc. I like the idea of suffering is desire, it makes a lot of sense, but I don't want a new religion,
that peter never would have got wet if he kept the faith is from my sibling who never called himself a christian as far as I can remember, he and his wife read the bible cover to cover every year. he believes in eternal life. we never argue about religion, he never tries to convert me, I have no call to change his mind.
Ann I got to back out of here for a couple hours. THis thing is out of the text box. I mean I have no idea or barely remember what I just wrote.
No I got no plans on coming back as anything, the universe is going to have to drag me back kicking and screaming. But when this universe ends, and the creator resets his watch and the whole dance begins again, the void, the spirit the word, energy matter, and a few random molecules stick together to form the first mother and then daddy comes along, and I am born agian with the same social security number I had last time, I would hope that the words of an old rock and roll song apply. I think it was based on the Hebrew Bible
EZEKIEL SAW THE WHEEL
Little wheel turn by the fire and rod
Big wheel turns by the grace of god
everytime that wheel goes round
bound to cover a little more ground
you can't go back and you cant stand still
it the thunder dont get you the lightning will
Quoted from memory.
http://arts.ucsc.edu/GDEAD/AGDL/wheel.html