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Old 3rd April 2008, 10:41 PM   #1
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[Ed] Reincarnation is going to happen to you

reincarnation is going to happen to you no matter what you do, its only a matter of time.
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Old 3rd April 2008, 11:01 PM   #2
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Some initial comments...

Are you advancing any argument of some sort, or are you just making a bald and unsupported statement.

This is in the "Science, Mathematics, Medicine and Technology" forum - are you sure you have the right one?

Do you know what the "Shift" key does on your keyboard?

And finally have you been schooled in the use of the apostrophe at all?

Other than that, welcome!
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Old 3rd April 2008, 11:04 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by slipknot0129 View Post
reincarnation is going to happen to you no matter what you do...

Why? How?
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Old 3rd April 2008, 11:13 PM   #4
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Well, perhaps many people would say this is reassuring news, but not for me:
Will I remember my family, my friends, this life whatsoever?
Will I remember how to write code or play guitar?
Nope.
Same thing as death as far as I can tell. It gives me no comfort whatsoever.
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Old 3rd April 2008, 11:28 PM   #5
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It sounds more like a threat- you cain't stops teh reincarnation, bwah ha ha ha. I really don't get the point of the OP- they sound like a preacher saying 'You will be in hell! Accept jeesus!'
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Old 3rd April 2008, 11:31 PM   #6
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It sounds more like a threat- you cain't stops teh reincarnation, bwah ha ha ha. I really don't get the point of the OP- they sound like a preacher saying 'You will be in hell! Accept jeesus!'
you will learn next time you reincarnate
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Originally Posted by slipknot0129 View Post
you will learn next time you reincarnate

Why? How?
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Old 3rd April 2008, 11:33 PM   #8
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Okay, the mark of woo is strong in this one, grasshopper. (To mix movie metaphors, as is my wont, and which you ain't gonna do nothing about so why not just not mention it in the first place, 'kay?)

http://www.internationalskeptics.com...07#post3589107

Astral Projections


And now we've got reincarnation.

Who's betting on thread number three?

Reptilian Alien Overlords?
Pyramid Power?
World Ends in 2012?
Proof of Extra-Terrestrial Influence on the Spanish Elections of 1923?

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Time Cube.
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Originally Posted by slipknot0129 View Post
you will learn next time you reincarnate
cflarsen mode/

Evidence?

/Cflarsen mode

Seriously: Exactly WHAT do you base your assertion on?
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Originally Posted by slipknot0129 View Post
you will learn next time you reincarnate
Yeah, shouldn't I have learned last time I reincarnated? I demand a refund.
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Originally Posted by The_Fire View Post
cflarsen mode/





Seriously: Exactly WHAT do you base your assertion on?
common sense
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Oh dear - he's running out of PoWeR... 18 words in OP, then down to 7 in his second post, now 2 words in the third.... we may never hear from him again (I hope).
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astral projection is one way to find out who you were in your past lives.
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Originally Posted by slipknot0129 View Post
astral projection is one way to find out who you were in your past lives.

Why? How?
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Originally Posted by slipknot0129 View Post
astral projection is one way to find out who you were in your past lives.
What are you in THIS one? A dumb child?
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Originally Posted by Hokulele View Post
Why? How?
i can see how you got many posts
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Originally Posted by slipknot0129 View Post
i can see how you got many posts

I can see why you are refusing to answer my questions.
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its impossible for the consciousness to die
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Originally Posted by slipknot0129 View Post
its impossible for the consciousness to die

What do you mean by consciousness?
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Originally Posted by slipknot0129 View Post
common sense
In other words: Wishfull thinking and no evidence to back it up.

I sense something....a word....it begins with a T.......And something about a bridge....
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Originally Posted by slipknot0129 View Post
reincarnation is going to happen to you no matter what you do, its only a matter of time.
You mean someone's going to make me into a fajita, or that I'm going to attend prom again?
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i got all the evidence i need
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Originally Posted by slipknot0129 View Post
i got all the evidence i need
Hint: If it doesn't exist outside your head, it's not evidence.
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i got all the evidence i need
Well then all you need now is a keyboard with a shift key.
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I think I smell a troll...
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the average person when they die, they lose 2 oz's of weight
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If we'll know that we've reincarnated when we do, then if we've had past lives - how come we don't know about them?

"you will learn next time you reincarnate"? - why didn't we learn the past times we reincarnated?

Dude, I can't wait for this evidence!
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the average person when they die, they lose 2 oz's of weight

Nope.

http://www.lostmag.com/issue1/soulsweight.php
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And even if they did, that would suggest that the 'soul' was pulling them down- so when you died your soul would just be hanging around on the ground. Or in hell or whatever.
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i have proven that it is easier to astral project when there is a full moon
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the average person when they {edit}diet, they{edit} might or might not lose {snip} weight
Corrected it for you
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I think I smell a troll...
Oy! I smelled it first!
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i have proven that it is easier to astral project when there is a full moon
Well I'm uncertain that you know the meaning of the word "proven", but I will play along. Please show this proof.
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i have proven that it is easier to astral project when there is a full moon
Then you must have evidence. Where is it?
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Darn you skeptics! Can't you let just one woo get away thinking they've shown all these cranky people at the JREF that astral projection is real?

I'm predicting that slipknot0129 never gets his postcount past 25 before disappearing forever. Any one else care to make a prediction?
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i have proven that it is easier to astral project when there is a full moon
I have proven that it is easier to moon when there is a full ass projection.
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