| This is a question that has been asked many times | | | | someone else. There have also been many who could |
| and everyone has a different answer. The belief in | | | | speak languages they had no way of knowing. There |
| reincarnation has existed for centuries. From the early | | | | have been well known people who believed they had |
| Egyptians and the Babylonians came the belief that a | | | | lived before. One example is Glenn Ford, a famous |
| soul could pass to another body either at the person's | | | | Hollywood actor. He believed he had been a French |
| death or soon thereafter. If this is true it could explain | | | | soldier, among other people. He knew only a very |
| why some people can remember events that seem | | | | small amount of French, yet under hypnosis he spoke |
| as if they were happening to them but not as the | | | | fluent French. Recordings of his speech under hypnosis |
| person they are now. | | | | were sent to UCLA and discovered the French he |
| When taking into consideration the Egyptians believed | | | | was speaking was Parisian from the era in which he |
| there is life after death, they buried their dead with | | | | said he had been a soldier. |
| food and clothing that they believed would be of use | | | | This also raises a question if you believe in the |
| to them in the afterlife. Because their belief was that | | | | teachings of the Bible. The number mentioned is |
| the soul moved from body to body, they embalmed | | | | 144,000 that are to enter the kingdom of Heaven. |
| the bodies so they would be preserved for the | | | | There have already been far more living human beings |
| journey. They believed a force called ka travelled with | | | | on the face of the earth than this amount. So, who is |
| the body. | | | | to say that reincarnation is not the answer for this |
| Whether you should believe in life after death or not, it | | | | quandary? This would explain the teachings of the |
| is a matter of very deep, personal belief. Much of this | | | | Bible and the question of why only 144,000 are |
| would be due to the teachings you have been instilled | | | | mentioned. |
| with during your early years as a child and this | | | | When it comes to the question of life after death, |
| influence may be from your parents. If they believe in | | | | there are many beliefs and there are many facts that |
| life after death and have shared their beliefs when you | | | | point to the existence of life after death. On the other |
| were in your formative years, there is likely the chance | | | | hand there are scientific explanations that may |
| that you believe as they do. However, there is also the | | | | disprove these facts. All you can do is make your own |
| likelihood that you have formed your own opinion. | | | | decision based on the facts that are available as to |
| Many people try to justify their beliefs with scientific | | | | whether life after death is something in which you |
| data. There have been many cases when people | | | | choose to believe. |
| were hypnotized and could recall living before as | | | | |