Quote Originally Posted by Darkmatters View Post
That's a very hardcore atheist/ materialist belief, that only a small segment of modern people believe in. Personally, even as a confirmed atheist (until very recently... I might have to update that to agnostic pretty soon) I believe we all live again and again and again.

Not according to any particular religious idea of reincarnation... I don't believe the memories pass on, or personality traits or anything... I just think 'you' will rise again, as a totally different person, after you're dead. My idea is totally aligned with scientific knowledge about life.... a developing fetus forms in a womb somewhere, and through some process that we're unaware of, it becomes conscious. Why couldn't one of the billions of new consciousnesses that come into existence after your current one dies be a completely new 'you'?

I don't want to derail this thread with my weird ideas, here's a link to my attempt to explain the idea: Non-Religious reINCARNATION thread


I really find this belief attractive to me. I actually really considered this to be true for a while. Of course it can't be proven, but since we originally might have been nothing that was created into consciousness...why can't that happen again with all of the "new" consciousness born into existence that happens on a daily basis?

I love that theory