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You must be christian.Originally posted by BizarreRocksD12:but animals dont have souls
Animals do have soul, else they wouldn't be alive. Soul is what makes a living creature alive. When the soul leaves the body, then the creature dies. -
buddhists believe in reincarnation and karma, christians beg to differ that and even tried to mock at buddhism teachings.
it is a good thing buddhism taught us to be tolerance to others trying to bring us down.
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i think its more like, when the creature dies, the soul leaves the body.Originally posted by thinkdifferent:You must be christian.
Animals do have soul, else they wouldn't be alive. Soul is what makes a living creature alive. When the soul leaves the body, then the creature dies.
i mean, you havent seen a mindless human before have you, except those who are possessed.
i dont think animals have souls though. if not Jesus would have mentioned the saving of animals when he died on the cross. -
so i guess if its valid onli if jesus say it?Originally posted by JennTS:i think its more like, when the creature dies, the soul leaves the body.
i mean, you havent seen a mindless human before have you, except those who are possessed.
i dont think animals have souls though. if not Jesus would have mentioned the saving of animals when he died on the cross. -
he created all. im pretty sure animals have no souls since lambs were used as sacrifices last time.Originally posted by laurence82:so i guess if its valid onli if jesus say it?
and, like i said, he never mentioned the saving of animals when he died on the cross. -
hmm, this is a pretty big presumptionOriginally posted by JennTS:he created all. im pretty sure animals have no souls since lambs were used as sacrifices last time.
and, like i said, he never mentioned the saving of animals when he died on the cross. -
It's the same, take it as death = the soul leaves the body and soul left the body = deathOriginally posted by JennTS:i think its more like, when the creature dies, the soul leaves the body.
i mean, you havent seen a mindless human before have you, except those who are possessed.
i dont think animals have souls though. if not Jesus would have mentioned the saving of animals when he died on the cross.
I'm a free thinker but I believe in karma and past/next lives. I do not wish to get involved into any religious argument, I respect everyone's belief and opinion.
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i don't belive those things u ppl said.
i belive that once we are dead, thats the end. we are history such things like souls and wadever are made up. -
i sometime think i don't belong on this earth
Maybe i was from another 'Earth' planet in another galaxy in my past life... possible? -
Whether or not animals have a soul, we truly don't know, and cannot find proof.
However, us being humans and endowed with a much greater capacity to think and produce logical reasoning with our brains, we SHOULD exhibit COMPASSION and RESPECT of other lowly life forms.
And whether I believe in Reincarnation or not, I can't really say that I do or that I do not, simply because there is no real proof of such a cycle. However, I do think it is a possibility. The scariest thought on this issue of Reincarnation, is the possibility of a human soul to be return in an animal's existence!
As for what the other minority Christian faiths (not Catholic) thinks, it's their perogative. It's a mindset they allow themselves to be moulded in, while all other religions teaches and walks their own talk in aspects of respecting other religions. -
I feel the same. The humans kill and hurt each other, don't care for the feelings of the others, don't respect each other, don't understand each other and so on and so on ....... Sometimes I feel like it's a punishment to be on this planet. Got so many times disappointed and hurt, that I have lost the faith and trust in humans.Originally posted by Isis:i sometime think i don't belong on this earth
Maybe i was from another 'Earth' planet in another galaxy in my past life... possible? -
makes life kinda pointless doesnt it?Originally posted by Prophecy_Master:i don't belive those things u ppl said.
i belive that once we are dead, thats the end. we are history such things like souls and wadever are made up.
i did believe, well actually, hoped when i was younger, that people were born male in their first life and female in their second life. one of my many wishful thinkings hoping to be a girl. -
actually i dont care,dream is a fantasy,u will dream of everything.
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http://www.geocities.com/compassiontoall/jttu/jttu_contents.html
Take some time read these... very meaningful
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Animal realm scary meh
The scariest thought on this issue of Reincarnation, is the possibility of a human soul to be return in an animal's existence!
hell even more scary, I thought? -
Therefore, to those who still think that there is no proofs of reincarnation, actually there are a lot. Just that modern science has yet to completely understand and provide a complete explanation for the transference of consciousness after death.Originally posted by An Eternal Now:Resources and evidences on Reincarnation: http://www.ial.goldthread.com/links.html
To those interested: I recommend googling on Dr Ian Stevenson. He has done great amount of research into reincarnation and provides many evidences.
In Buddhism, there are 31 planes of existences that samsaric beings may be borned in, according to our karma: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sagga/loka.html
For me, I have seen many cases of people remembering past lives, and some direct 'evidences', so even though I have not rememberd my own past lives, I certainly do believe in reincarnation.
Actually, scientists really know very little about the nature of our mind, and honest ones will admit it. -
no leis. i thot a baby at the age of 2 already lost their memories of their previous lives...
never had the feeling,maybe ure just thinking too much bah? -
don't believe in it. one life is bad enough.
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Yes, many don't, but there are also many who do..Originally posted by merciwaves92:no leis. i thot a baby at the age of 2 already lost their memories of their previous lives...
never had the feeling,maybe ure just thinking too much bah?
http://www.childpastlives.org/ - this website is a very interesting read. -
If reincarnation is going to happen, it is going to happen whether you believe it or not. As for the statement 'one life is bad enough', I agree to some point. However many religions which teaches reincarnation also teaches that one is able to escape reincarnation. In fact, especially in Buddhism, one is able to escape the sufferings of samsara even in this lifetime.Originally posted by SingaporeMacross:don't believe in it. one life is bad enough. -
Buddhism knowledge: Novice
From what i know...
In Buddhism, there is no such thing as a soul. is there?
We come to existence due to our Karma. Only when we purified the causes.. can we stop rebirth aka the effect??
Karmic ties with parents, country which we live in, neighbours, reasons to be here etc??
Is there a possiblity that someone's past life (we have many pastlifes) is in a far-away-glaxy? ( yeah i know it sound absurb but buddha has said Earth is not the only planet with the right condition.. though the chances of us from other galaxy is very very mild.. ) -
Is reincarnation only taught or discussed in Buddhism?
How about Hinduism or any other faith? -
According to Buddhism, two conditions have to be met for conception to take place: 'your' consciousness and the parents (who are to give birth to your new body).Originally posted by Isis:Buddhism knowledge: Novice
From what i know...
In Buddhism, there is no such thing as a soul. is there?
We come to existence due to our Karma. Only when we purified the causes.. can we stop rebirth aka the effect??
Karmic ties with parents, country which we live in, neighbours, reasons to be here etc??
Is there a possiblity that someone's past life (we have many pastlifes) is in a far-away-glaxy? ( yeah i know it sound absurb but buddha has said Earth is not the only planet with the right condition.. though the chances of us from other galaxy is very very mild.. )
This consciousness, which the Yogacara school calls it the 7th Consciousness, which conventionally can be called the 'soul', will take rebirth according to our karma and also due to our 8th consciousness, the storehouse consciousness. 8th consciousness is like a tape recorder. Every night our 7th consciousness accesses this 8th consciousness and what results is 'dreams'. The 8th consciousness is a storehouse of all our karmic seeds... so when karma is created, karmic seeds are stored in the 8th consciousness. At the time for rebirth to take place the seeds ripens and draw us (samsaric sentient beings) back into the six realms of rebirth.
The teaching of Anatta (no self or no soul) is more on the ultimate sense that there is no entity, including consciousness, called a 'self' that is going through reincarnation since all phenomena are merely streams of moments rather than a fixed entity. Meaning that rather than a fixed entity that is changing, each now-moment serves as the cause for the next now-moment. No-self is actually a broad and important teaching in Buddhism. Many people think that there is a self, or treats the body as self. But in reality and in contemplation, one will realise that there is no self. However I shall not go into detail for now... else it'll be off-topic.
Nirvana - a state liberated from samsaric rebirths, is free from both wholesome and unwholesome karma, as both types of karma will only lead to virtuous and unvirtuous realms, respectively. Only those with pure karma can enter Nirvana. Having surpassed the state of arising and ceasing, and maintaining the state of non-arising and non-ceasing, non-defilement and non-purity, non-increasing and non-decreasing, this state of suchness is called Nirvana.
It is absolutely possible (in Buddhism) for one to reborn in a far-away-galaxy as long as you have that karma for it.
Lastly, I believe this article: Life after Life should be able to answer most of your questions. -
Hmm... it'll be interesting if there are Hindus who are willing to discuss their ideas here. However I don't seem to see many hindu postings in sgforums..Originally posted by laurence82:Is reincarnation only taught or discussed in Buddhism?
How about Hinduism or any other faith? -
Who want sto be reincarnated as LHL's son and the next PM of Singapore?