From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   JTEM  posted:   
   > On 12/22/25 3:23 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > > Is what you refer to as "your consciousness" like a spirit?   
   >   
   > I honestly do see it as an analogue for the soul.   
      
   That's good. It has to be some kind of energy in order   
   for a consciousness to continue on after the death of   
   the physical body.   
   >   
   > > One thing I've always found a bit funny is that many   
   > > people who believe in reincarnation think they were   
   > > someone famous in a previous life. No one was ever   
   > > a serf in medieval Europe, for example.   
   >   
   > That's a trope in our culture, but elsewhere people   
   > are very often reincarnated "normal" people.   
   >   
   > Reincarnation is a normal, accepted part of some religions.   
      
   True. As I look around the world at societies where   
   those other religions are prevalent, I'm pretty sure   
   that I like our society better than any of those   
   other societies -- and that includes the atheistic   
   communist societies. I literally thank God often   
   that I was born in our society and not some other   
   society that exists in this world.   
   >   
   > But, yes, for us it seems that there's *Way* too many   
   > queens and princes than there should be, far too few   
   > infantry soldiers, prostitutes or chamber maids.   
      
   Yes. Not to mention that the world's population   
   has grown a lot from earlier times. There weren't   
   enough people alive in the past to account for   
   all the people who are alive today.   
      
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