I went through this forum looking for a post on reincarnation. Since I didn't find one I thought I'd pose this question to my fellow atheists:

What are your thoughts on the Eastern belief in reincarnation? Do any of you believe it could be real? If so, why? If not, why?

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I will be reincarnated in accordance with the laws of conservation of mass and conservation of energy.

Before you can have a discussion about reincarnation, you need to define a soul. 

That being said, reincarnation on atomic level is a true phenomenon (e.g. iron atoms in your body were born in supernova(s)).

 

I completely believe in reincarnation ... if it means that my atoms may end up in other life forms. Other than that it is complete crap.

I'm a ginger so I joke that I'm soul-less, however people who know me well know I don't believe in a soul in the first place so of course I don't have one! In addition to that, I think the atom view of reincarnation is cool but besides that any hope of a life beyond death is merely wishful thinking.

To believe in reincarnation, you pretty much have to believe in spirits (souls, ghosts). I would expect that anyone who doesn't believe in the big spirit in the sky doesn't believe in ghosts, spirits, or souls. They're kind of necessary for reincarnation, as I understand it.

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