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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tora Buttercup: [QB] [QUOTE] WHy would there be an afterlife? and not a "before Life" so to speak. [/QUOTE]Well, nobody ever said there couldn't be a "before life." It's part of the belief in reincarnation, actually. EMH: Personally I believe in ghosts, but your brother could also be seeing spirits. The difference is that ghosts are earthbound and sometimes don't know they're dead, and spirits are dead people who've gone to the Other Side/afterlife/heaven and can come and visit. I don't know how old your brother is, but children, especially under age 5, tend to be very receptive to spirits/ghosts (i.e. they could see them more easily). If you don't believe any of this, however, I suggest NOT censuring your brother for telling people about seeing ghosts. Adults tend to get quite upset when children say something like they could see their dead grandfather, and they freak out and yell at their kids for it. Kids don't know it's a taboo for some people, and telling them it's only their "imagination" confuses them rather than instructs them. As for scientific evidence, there is plenty of research and cultural evidence (2/3 of the world believes in it in one form or another) out there for reincarnation, and rather little to none against it. My opinion on scientistic views is this: if Earth is a holodeck which we come to experience life, and in this holodeck humans breathe carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen. Then, if you were to live in this environment from birth to death, there'd be no evidence that people in the outside world breathe oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. I'm not saying that science could never find ways to explain ghosts and that sort of thing, but outright refusal of the possibility is, well, unscientific. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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