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**RjkVwPcV** · 09-06-2011, 11:39 PM

A healthy dose of skepticism is a component of wisdom, in my book. Even if a lone researcher did report finding a child who satisfied all the criteria for remembering verifiable details of a past life, the work of a single researcher is rarely, if ever, considered to be compelling in the scientific community. The child would have to be meticulously examined, re-examined, tested and re-tested by a number of specialists before any credibility could be established. I hope I'm not being cynical when I say that I really, really doubt that's ever going to happen.

...Stevenson's research makes it difficult to reject rebirth. It doesn't prove it. Not rejecting, being open to rebirth, is the important thing, as I see it. Others feel that rebirth is both unnecessary and inconvenient for their practice. That may be so---for them.

Hi, tjampel. I'm curious to find out what difference(s) you see between rebirth and reincarnation, if you don't mind.

09-06-2011, 11:39 PM	#10
RjkVwPcV Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 447 Senior Member	A healthy dose of skepticism is a component of wisdom, in my book. Even if a lone researcher did report finding a child who satisfied all the criteria for remembering verifiable details of a past life, the work of a single researcher is rarely, if ever, considered to be compelling in the scientific community. The child would have to be meticulously examined, re-examined, tested and re-tested by a number of specialists before any credibility could be established. I hope I'm not being cynical when I say that I really, really doubt that's ever going to happen. ...Stevenson's research makes it difficult to reject rebirth. It doesn't prove it. Not rejecting, being open to rebirth, is the important thing, as I see it. Others feel that rebirth is both unnecessary and inconvenient for their practice. That may be so---for them. Hi, tjampel. I'm curious to find out what difference(s) you see between rebirth and reincarnation, if you don't mind.
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