Reincarnation-Believable?-Or Just an Interesting Concept?

When the body dies,it gives up it's energy.It's a scientific fact that,although energy can be converted to another form,it cannot be created or destroyed.So,where does it go?Does it dissipate into the atmosphere?Does it have a kind of consciousness or imprints of memories?Does it convert to some other form of energy?I'm just asking...

Have you lived before?The concept of reincarnation-that our souls may experience many lifetimes,over centuries,maybe even thousands of years,has been present in virtually every culture since ancient times.The Egyptians,Greeks,Romans and Aztecs,all believed in the transmigration of souls from one body to another,after death.

The word reincarnation comes from two Latin words :re=to repeat,and carnis=flesh.Although reincarnation is not a part of official Christian doctrine,many Christians believe in it or at least accept it's a possibility.That's not surprising.The idea,that after death we can live again as another person of either sex and any station in life is intriguing and appealing.And,after all,there are oblique references to it in the bible .For example,Jesus refers to John the Baptist as having been Elijah.If you read these verses you'll see,it's hard to interpret it any other way.We want to believe there is a continuity to our existence.Life is so brief,we barely get started before we're done.

Are there any hard facts to support it,any compelling evidence?Past life regression hypnosis has revealed some fascinating stories.The most famous of which is that of Ruth Simmons.In 1952,her therapist took her back before the point of her birth.Suddenly,Ruth began speaking with an Irish accent and claimed her name was Bridey Murphy,who lived in nineteenth century Belfast,Ireland.Ruth recalled a wealth of details of her life as Bridey,however it was hard to establish if she had existed or not.However some of the people she mentioned living with and working with were proven to have existed during that period.The names were accurate and even the vocations of these people proved accurate.A book and a movie followed,called'The Search For Bridey Murphy'.

There is much anecdotal evidence of children,who,as soon as they learn to speak,are able to tell remarkably detailed stories of people and places they couldn't possibly have seen and events they couldn't possibly have been present at.Some children have been reported as speaking in foreign languages as young as eighteen months old.

Have you ever had deja vu,a strong feeling that you have been in a certain place or house before,or done or said something in exactly the same way before?Maybe you have.Perhaps that's why history repeats itself.The same souls keep coming back and repeating the same things and making the same mistakes over and over.Anything is possible.