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Does it make any ultimate difference in the religious life whether or not one believes in reincarnation? I believe there are much greater priorities in a spiritual life than whether one does or does not accept a particular theological tenet. Those who are still irresolute on the question of reincarnation, or indeed those who are emphatically resolute in one direction or another, possess no special advantage before God. The only possible advantage that the reincarnationist may claim over those who are unresolved or opposed is that they have a reasonable and consistent theory to account for the prenatal and postmortem life of the soul as well as an explanation for the apparent absurdities in the dispensation of divine justice. I also believe that the concept of reincarnation offers more hope for humans — we have decided on certain lessons that we choose to learn in a given lifetime, and not given just one lifetime to achieve perfection and/or salvation. |
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Tim Stouse
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