Zone1 Twenty percent of the world's population believe in reincarnation and Karma.

[MarathonMike]

Buddhists and Hindus comprise about 20 percent of global population. Their religions hold similar beliefs with regards to the afterlife, particularly the cycle of rebirths (reincarnation) and Karma. They have no bible per se, but they do have guiding sacred texts. From what I have read, they coexist fairly well with each other as well and Christians and Jews.

 

[Anarchy666]

Islam is really the only odd one out. Of course, you had the Anglo-Marxist project Israel that sometimes compels Israelis to act deranged and believe America owes them everything, but they're few and far in between - mostly concentrated in Israel.

 

[MarathonMike]

Islam is really the only odd one out. Of course, you had the Anglo-Marxist project Israel that sometimes compels Israelis to act deranged and believe America owes them everything, but they're few and far in between - mostly concentrated in Israel.

From what I've read, Muslims don't have much of a beef with Buddhists and Hindus. Plenty of hate for everyone else tho.

 

[DennisPTate]

Buddhists and Hindus comprise about 20 percent of global population. Their religions hold similar beliefs with regards to the afterlife, particularly the cycle of rebirths (reincarnation) and Karma. They have no bible per se, but they do have guiding sacred texts. From what I have read, they coexist fairly well with each other as well and Christians and Jews.

I shall have to dig you up some links for the fascinating Dr. Ian Stevenson research. You could find it before I get it for you?

You also might want to do a search for
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1. About Dr. Ian Stevenson​

Dr. Ian Stevenson (1918-2007) was a psychiatrist who worked for the University of Virginia School of Medicine for 50 years. He was Chair of the Department of Psychiatry from 1957 to 1967, the Carlson Professor of Psychiatry from 1967 to 2001, and a Research Professor of Psychiatry from 2002 until his death. He was also the founder and Director of the University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies investigating parapsychological phenomena such as (1) reincarnation, (2) near-death experiences, (3) out-of-body experiences, and (4) altered states of consciousness and psi. He became internationally recognized for his research into reincarnation by discovering evidence suggesting that memories and physical injuries can be transferred from one lifetime to another. He traveled extensively over a period of 40 years, investigating 3,000 cases of children around the world who recalled having past lives. His meticulous research presented evidence that such children had unusual abilities, illnesses, phobias and philias which could not be explained by the environment or heredity.

Dr. Ian Stevenson's Reincarnation Research - Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife

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[DennisPTate]

Buddhists and Hindus comprise about 20 percent of global population. Their religions hold similar beliefs with regards to the afterlife, particularly the cycle of rebirths (reincarnation) and Karma. They have no bible per se, but they do have guiding sacred texts. From what I have read, they coexist fairly well with each other as well and Christians and Jews.

The Messianic Jewish community of the first couple of centuries almost certainly believed in reincarnation as well. Apparently the Roman Emperors did not like the idea, so the Roman Catholic church was forced to abandon that teaching.

[Near death experiencer John J. Davis] :

Past Lives​

The next building he took me to was another large building with columns all along the front and the sides. He took me inside, and one of the rooms he took me to looked just like a theater, like we have today. There was a single movie screen in front, and my guide said, “I’m going to show you past lifetimes.” This was something I had a hard time with because, being a Catholic, being raised in the church and reading the Bible, there is no talk of past lifetimes. But the truth is, we are eternal. We exist forever; we never die. We can have many, many lifetimes—as many as we want. It’s totally up to us.

He said, “I’m going to show you some different lifetimes.” All of a sudden, the screen turned on, and the first life he showed me, I was a monk. I had a shaved head, and I was wearing a red gown or tunic, and I was teaching kids. In that lifetime, my job was to teach kids about life in a monastery. What was so interesting is I knew by looking at this where that lifetime occurred, and it was somewhere in Southeast Asia. Then it went blank.

Then the screen came on again, and he showed me another life. This time I was a shoe peddler. I had a little wheelbarrow with a bunch of shoes in it. My job in that lifetime was I fixed people’s shoes. I would go to their homes in the village, get the shoes they wanted me to fix, take them back to my shop, fix them, and then bring them back to the people. That was my job. That life took place somewhere in Eastern Europe. Then that life disappeared.

Then another life showed up, and this was of a fisherman. I was a fisherman in a little raggedy boat on a lake. I had nets, and I was tossing these nets into the water, and part of my job in that life was to help feed the community through catching fish. That lifetime happened somewhere in the Middle East.

That’s when I realized—wow—we really do have past lifetimes. We can have as many lifetimes as we want, or as few as we want. It’s totally up to us. That was the building where we go to view past lifetimes.

Past Lives - John J. Davis Near-Death Experience

The next building he took me to—and this is probably one of the most beautiful buildings that he showed me—was an absolutely beautiful round building...

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