Kurupt3Z3
08-05-2004, 08:42 AM
I am an atheist, but recently i have been thinking about reincarnation. After a lot of thinking on teh subject i am starting to believe that reincarnation does occur, but not in the way that most people would believe it to. I believe that reincarnation can and does exist totally independent of any dieties. My reasoning behind these beliefs is this (i am high right now so i apologize for any spelling or gramatical errors in advance):
Many atheists, including myself, believe that when you die your body will return to the state that it was in before you born, which is basically non-existence. Well if i have gone through that state of non-existence before, and was somehow able to go from non-existence to being a living, breathing, animal before, then what stops me from doing it again when i return to that exact same state of non-existence. If i was able to do it before i was born, then what stops me from doing it again after i die. If i return to the exact same state that i was in before i was born, then there is no reason why i wouldnt be able to go through the same process again, i.e. being conceved, born, and then dying again.
Now the next "you" would not have the same personality or any other traits of the current "you" as you would have a totally different brain chemistry and would probably be an entirely different animal.
There are no gods involved in the process. It is a completly random process, and it doesnt matter how good or bad you were in your last life. Everyone has the same chance of becoming a toad or a butterfly as you or I, and it is very unlikly that someone would become a human for two concecutive lives as this is a totally random process, and the odds of becoming a human again, out of all the other species of animals is next to none.
This theory of mine basically states that reincarnation is a totally natural process and would happen whether there is a god or not. I am only 16 years old and i'll admit i dont have much knowledge on the subject of reincarnation and i dont know if this has ever been brought up before, but please feel free to post any comments or criticism, as there is probably some fatal flaw in this theory that i am currently unaware of.
And please dont reply if you intend to challenge my atheism, as I created this thread to discuss the subject of reincarnation not my religious beliefs. (I only say this because i get alot of crap about being atheist and am getting sick of it.)
Many atheists, including myself, believe that when you die your body will return to the state that it was in before you born, which is basically non-existence. Well if i have gone through that state of non-existence before, and was somehow able to go from non-existence to being a living, breathing, animal before, then what stops me from doing it again when i return to that exact same state of non-existence. If i was able to do it before i was born, then what stops me from doing it again after i die. If i return to the exact same state that i was in before i was born, then there is no reason why i wouldnt be able to go through the same process again, i.e. being conceved, born, and then dying again.
Now the next "you" would not have the same personality or any other traits of the current "you" as you would have a totally different brain chemistry and would probably be an entirely different animal.
There are no gods involved in the process. It is a completly random process, and it doesnt matter how good or bad you were in your last life. Everyone has the same chance of becoming a toad or a butterfly as you or I, and it is very unlikly that someone would become a human for two concecutive lives as this is a totally random process, and the odds of becoming a human again, out of all the other species of animals is next to none.
This theory of mine basically states that reincarnation is a totally natural process and would happen whether there is a god or not. I am only 16 years old and i'll admit i dont have much knowledge on the subject of reincarnation and i dont know if this has ever been brought up before, but please feel free to post any comments or criticism, as there is probably some fatal flaw in this theory that i am currently unaware of.
And please dont reply if you intend to challenge my atheism, as I created this thread to discuss the subject of reincarnation not my religious beliefs. (I only say this because i get alot of crap about being atheist and am getting sick of it.)