Reincarnation is for real? Odd story...

Tenspace · 12-22-2006, 09:38 AM

... So, what do y'all think about this one?

The Boy Who Lived Before

12-22-2006, 09:47 AM

That’s bizarre, from that article it looks legitimate but these things always turn out to be rigged in some way. I guess I’ll just have to watch the show to find out more.
Good find Ten

Smellyoldgit · 12-22-2006, 10:21 AM

The Sun.
Probably the 2nd lowest of the low in the You-Kay arsenal of tabloid pilf.
I'm sure anything printed in it must be absolutely rock solid, unrigged and beyong reproach.

12-22-2006, 10:24 AM

I never believed in reincarnation. Even if it was possible, how can you remember what happened in your other life when you have an entirely different brain without all the memories of your other life in it. This is obviously a hoax.

12-22-2006, 11:08 AM

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Ickybod wrote

I never believed in reincarnation. Even if it was possible, how can you remember what happened in your other life when you have an entirely different brain without all the memories of your other life in it. This is obviously a hoax.

Indeed. When you look at it rationally, you have to see that a brain would have to spontaneously develop non-existant memories without the actual experiences. It reeks of hoax... probably with a good dose of suggestion by the parents.

WAY too many people are too ready to believe in the supernatural... Souls, Ghosts, etc. It's like an Alpha-One Priority circuit in the human brain is genetically predisposed to give the existance of supernatural entities total credibility with no evidence whatsoever.

I'm sure Dawkins would consider this a collateral effect of evolution... not a useful mutation that stuck, but a generally begnign side effect of some evolutionary process that helped us out.... For example, the super pattern recognition that allows us to instantly see danger.

So of course con artists, after realizing the suceptibility of humans to this kind of ruse, developed religion, the occult, and the psychic friends network to bilk people out of their money.

Gnosital · 12-22-2006, 11:19 AM

So here's a kid who's been getting a lot of attention reinforcement for making random statements about a place he's never been, but could have seen on TV or heard about in a story or other conversation or freaking DREAMED about. Just asking him questions about his story would reinforce his memory of his previous statements, and encourage him to continue to elaborate on the theme. He may have made a hundred other statements about his "past life" which DIDN'T turn out to be corroborated, but which ones do you think the article would mention, and which ones would the family members most likely recall him having said? Do you really think that his questioners would be able to avoid leading him with even non-verbal cues to make the correct identifications under a test conditon, like when they "didn't say anything when they drove by the house"?

He comes up with a specific name for his father, and a means of demise, but there is no evidence of the person or the accident. He "recognizes" a house that fits a fairly generic description (white, by the bay, like THAT's hard to find) and apparently planes land on beaches in that area of the country pretty much as a rule. He makes very specific statements about the mother's appearance, none of which are corroborated.

About the only specific thing he mentioned that turned out to be accurate was the 3 toilets. I mean, WOW~

I call that a dearth of "hits", and an overwheliming majority of misses.

That's not even to BEGIN to question the authenticity of the report, which is automatically suspect because of the source (tabloids aren't known for their accurate and unbiased reporting of facts).

My kids come up with weird shit on occasion too, but I don't feel the need to delve into the deepest meanings of every random thought process that they verbalize, and then take it to an extreme and unfounded conclusion based on my own perceptual biases. Because to do so would actually be fucking with their minds.

Utter bollocks.

Choobus · 12-22-2006, 11:42 AM

Choobus · 12-22-2006, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Smellyoldgit wrote

The Sun.
Probably the 2nd lowest of the low in the You-Kay arsenal of tabloid pilf.
I'm sure anything printed in it must be absolutely rock solid, unrigged and beyong reproach.

what's lower? Daily mail? Sunday sport?

12-22-2006, 11:47 AM

Quote:

scathach wrote

So here's a kid who's been getting a lot of attention reinforcement for making random statements about a place he's never been, but could have seen on TV or heard about in a story or other conversation or freaking DREAMED about. Just asking him questions about his story would reinforce his memory of his previous statements, and encourage him to continue to elaborate on the theme. He may have made a hundred other statements about his "past life" which DIDN'T turn out to be corroborated, but which ones do you think the article would mention, and which ones would the family members most likely recall him having said? Do you really think that his questioners would be able to avoid leading him with even non-verbal cues to make the correct identifications under a test conditon, like when they "didn't say anything when they drove by the house"?

He comes up with a specific name for his father, and a means of demise, but there is no evidence of the person or the accident. He "recognizes" a house that fits a fairly generic description (white, by the bay, like THAT's hard to find) and apparently planes land on beaches in that area of the country pretty much as a rule. He makes very specific statements about the mother's appearance, none of which are corroborated.

About the only specific thing he mentioned that turned out to be accurate was the 3 toilets. I mean, WOW~

I call that a dearth of "hits", and an overwheliming majority of misses.

That's not even to BEGIN to question the authenticity of the report, which is automatically suspect because of the source (tabloids aren't known for their accurate and unbiased reporting of facts).

My kids come up with weird shit on occasion too, but I don't feel the need to delve into the deepest meanings of every random thought process that they verbalize, and then take it to an extreme and unfounded conclusion based on my own perceptual biases. Because to do so would actually be fucking with their minds.

Utter bollocks.

Yup, utter bollocks.

The most interesting aspect of this is... why would ANYONE give any credence at all to this shit? What anomaly in the human mind makes people go ga ga over stuff like this? And... why don't people realize they're being stupid and stop?

Gnosital · 12-22-2006, 11:54 AM

Most people have no real reason to live I guess.

Smellyoldgit · 12-22-2006, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Choobus wrote

Quote:

Smellyoldgit wrote

The Sun.
Probably the 2nd lowest of the low in the You-Kay arsenal of tabloid pilf.
I'm sure anything printed in it must be absolutely rock solid, unrigged and beyong reproach.

what's lower? Daily mail? Sunday sport?

I was thinking of the Times !

12-22-2006, 02:20 PM

What utter shit.

If reincarnation WAS possible, how on earth does your "soul" or whatever enter a sperm - and what are the odds of that particular sperm fertilising the mother's ovum (there's a 99,99999999999999% chance of it NOT doing that)? Since the boy is six years old, of course he says he just "went into his mother's tummy" since he knows jack shit about procreation.

antix · 12-22-2006, 05:12 PM

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RenaissanceMan wrote

Quote:

scathach wrote

So here's a kid who's been getting a lot of attention reinforcement for making random statements about a place he's never been, but could have seen on TV or heard about in a story or other conversation or freaking DREAMED about. Just asking him questions about his story would reinforce his memory of his previous statements, and encourage him to continue to elaborate on the theme. He may have made a hundred other statements about his "past life" which DIDN'T turn out to be corroborated, but which ones do you think the article would mention, and which ones would the family members most likely recall him having said? Do you really think that his questioners would be able to avoid leading him with even non-verbal cues to make the correct identifications under a test conditon, like when they "didn't say anything when they drove by the house"?

He comes up with a specific name for his father, and a means of demise, but there is no evidence of the person or the accident. He "recognizes" a house that fits a fairly generic description (white, by the bay, like THAT's hard to find) and apparently planes land on beaches in that area of the country pretty much as a rule. He makes very specific statements about the mother's appearance, none of which are corroborated.

About the only specific thing he mentioned that turned out to be accurate was the 3 toilets. I mean, WOW~

I call that a dearth of "hits", and an overwheliming majority of misses.

That's not even to BEGIN to question the authenticity of the report, which is automatically suspect because of the source (tabloids aren't known for their accurate and unbiased reporting of facts).

My kids come up with weird shit on occasion too, but I don't feel the need to delve into the deepest meanings of every random thought process that they verbalize, and then take it to an extreme and unfounded conclusion based on my own perceptual biases. Because to do so would actually be fucking with their minds.

Utter bollocks.

Yup, utter bollocks.

The most interesting aspect of this is... why would ANYONE give any credence at all to this shit? What anomaly in the human mind makes people go ga ga over stuff like this? And... why don't people realize they're being stupid and stop?

Nuh uhh. It's real I tells yah. Because the article indicated as much. Why would they make this up? They simply wouldn't.

Now if you'll excuse me, Gandalf is summoning me and I must get to the Shire.

12-22-2006, 05:32 PM

How many times have I posted this here?

http://reluctant-messenger.com/reincarnation-proof.htm

Haven't used this one though I mentioned the book.

http://www.softforall.com/store/Revi...851938-10.html

Similar cases, some where they found people the kid knew.

psik

Gnosital · 12-22-2006, 06:34 PM

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psikeyhackr wrote

How many times have I posted this here?

http://reluctant-messenger.com/reincarnation-proof.htm

Haven't used this one though I mentioned the book.

http://www.softforall.com/store/Revi...851938-10.html

Similar cases, some where they found people the kid knew.

psik

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Good one!

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You are joking, of course.......aren't you? I hope.....