Poll Question-Do You Believe in Reincarnation?

[savage1]

The question is self explanatory.
If you do believe in it, tell us your thoughts about it-for example how many times have you think you have been reincarnated, what you think you might have been in the past, what you think you will be in the next lifetime, how it is determined what you will be or just plain anything you think about the subject and/or if you don't believe in it.

[savage1]

Yes-I will elaborate later.

[bryce]

no--I believe that when you are dead you are dead and you don't magically float into being a baby elephant.

[flarendep1]

No

[insidethe8thpol]

Yes

I want to come back as Ted Kennedy and be a Lifeguard

[Watchtower76]

no way

[BettorsChat]

Yes, I do believe some people are Reincarnated

[flarendep1]

Yes

I want to come back as Ted Kennedy and be a Lifeguard

[savage1]

I will make this fairly brief as it is a very philosophical and religious question.
I believe with teachings of some religions that your soul lives on when you physically die and there is some kind of evaluation with higher forces(for lack of a better tern) as to what you did in this lifetime and what needs to be done in the next lifetime to help further to purify and cleanse your soul and get rid of bad karma.
To further this goal, I have mixed feelings though as to what you come back as-is it another human being on earth or is it something else somewhere in space and time???
The bottom line though is that I believe your soul however you want do define it continues to exist and will exist for eternity, and that there is a reason for everyone's existence here on this earth and for all of the many past and future "lives" whenever and wherever they may be.
ps I know most folks here probably have little or no interest in this, but I have completed reading about 80% of a book entitled The Indispensable Guide to Practically Everything-World Religions and What People Believe by Bryan McAnally.
The book in easy to understand language explains what all of the big religions in the world believe in and what they believe happens to you after you die-in short, it really is quite educational and interesting and allows you to see how your own views are alike and/or differ from all of the other religions in the world.

[LeRoy]

No