Could a Little Boy Be Proof of Reincarnation?

ABC News ^ | April 20, 04 | ABC News

[Hajman]

So says one dead man, Paul.

So says others, actually. At least four (the first four books of the New Testament). Those four who were actually with Jesus at the time.

-The Hajman-

[Lord_Baltar]

"Actually that is well documented in history. Whether you care to believe it or not is your choice but the two issues are not comaparable."

Documented?

[Sir Gawain]

It has been proven that people can be led to tell any number of things with the suggestions and guiding of the psychologist. This is also true with child molestation cases. The children tend to pick up on what the adults want them to say as an answer and they start exaggerating from there.

[UltraKonservativen]

Benedict Arnold = John F Kerry

Proof of reincarnation:

Arrogant, deceitful, traitor to his comrades in arms, lived overseas, born poor/married money, bad temper when challenged, kissed CLINTON's butt (Sir Henry Clinton and Bubba Clinton...how's that for a coinkidinc?), New englander, full fledge idiot.... HOW MUCH MORE PROOF DO YOU WANT?
Did Benedict own an SUV or did his wife ?

[bcoffey]

Not reincarnation, but familiar spirits.

Both terms are just shorthand for "I don't know."

[Howlin]

Not to bust your rant, but the gifts were sent AFTER he had devuldged all the information.

[UltraKonservativen]

Benedict Arnold = John F Kerry

Proof of reincarnation:

Arrogant, deceitful, traitor to his comrades in arms, lived overseas, born poor/married money, bad temper when challenged, kissed CLINTON's butt (Sir Henry Clinton and Bubba Clinton...how's that for a coinkidinc?), New englander, full fledge idiot.... HOW MUCH MORE PROOF DO YOU WANT?
Did Benedict own an SUV or did his wife ?

[Dave S]

It's also odd that the father had to find the identity of the dead airman. It isn't real clear, but one would expect the boy to known what his name had been in the alleged past life.

Give the kid some credit. He remembered his first name, he knew the name of his carrier, the type of plane he flew, his best friends name, exactly what day he died and where, that he was James the III (in previous life his father was James and he was James), he knew where his plane was hit (right in the nose). That is a lot for a toddler.

I will admit it might not be reincarnation. The kid maybe tuning into some kind of universal mind. I doubt it is posession as there doesnt seem to be any harm to anyone.

[djf]

I think we have to stay open to some kinds of paranormal stuff.

Discovery channel has ran a few times "A Haunting in Georgia", about a young girl who has strange stuff happening to and around her, including seeing a spirit of an old man.

They bring in a science type guy from a local college, and he starts setting up his instruments, etc, and for the length of the show, he's talking about variations in electric fields, etc, ad nauseum.

Somehow, he gets a picture of an old man who had died at the house. He mixes it with ten other pictures and takes it to the girl.

Of course, after looking at the pictures for a few seconds, she picks out the one of the man who dies there, and says he is (one of) the spirits she sees.

At the end of the show, the rational science type dude still goes on with his electromagnetic spiel then drops this little nugget... "We are forced to conclude that after a person dies, something residual remains"

[joesnuffy]

It is apointed once for a man to die and then the judgement ...where he stands before his maker and is rewarded or punished for the things HE (and he alone) did while in his body.... Once to die..or reincarnation

[Dave S]

So says others, actually. At least four (the first four books of the New Testament). Those four who were actually with Jesus at the time.

I believe Acts is the only book where 500 is mentioned.

[Nowhere Man]

Fascinating. I don't know how it can be proven or disproven but there are forces and things in this Universe that we don't always understand. Reminds me of a story I heard on Art Bell once, something similar. The wife's father was a former detective who died before her son was born. When her son was 3 or 4, he started to act like the grandfather, wearing a hat, carrying a toy revolver, pretending to smoke a cigar and talk like a detective. She felt her son was her father coming back to her. When she took the toy gun away from him, he would cry uncontrollably.

[shiva]

Person B alive now, would have easily been followed in terms of ancestory of any sort by demonic forces alive since creation. Such demonic forces would have plenty of information and power capacity to simulate anything desired for seducing a currently living person into a philosophical/religious orientation feeding satan's agenda.

Yep, I agree with you. This what the bible refers to as 'familar spirits'. These spirits are what the soothsayers (fortune tellers) work with. I do not believe in reincarnation. Each one of us is unique there is no one else like you and there will never be. Sorry, but I think like JonBenet Ramsey's parents used her, this kid is being u$ed, too.

[lowbridge]

Who were you in a previous life?

[Lord_Baltar]

:) I don't know if I'd want to know...

[mombonn]

#7 - what you said!

[Aliska]

I'm not saying it is not possible, but it is incompatible with our understanding of Christianity. The lives of those who espouse and cling to this philosophy are not anything I would want to emulate. Look at Shirley McClaine, Alice Bailey, Helen Blavatsky, all kind of weirdos.

The main appeal of this philosophy is that there is no God to answer to. One becomes one's own god and falls into the clutches of spiritual guides who are probably deceivers and agents of the god of this world we were warned about.

[TalBlack]

I guess one would just have to take it as a matter of faith, just like immaculate conception, and rising from the dead after being crucified.


Oh? Does this kid or reincarnation have two religions going back 5000 years based around it and was it fortold in the old testament which is written in a language preserved and still in use today?

[lentulusgracchus]

The relevant section is here:

On 1 January 1945, NATOMA BAY, reassigned to CARDIV 25, sortied once again with ships of an attack force, the target this time, Luzon. There, after battling enemy nuisance and suicide raiders enroute, she, with 5 other CVEs, provided air cover for the Bombardment and Fire Support Group prior to the landings, and direct air support ahead of the amphibious troops after the assault in the San Fabian area.

Between the 10th and the 17th, her continuous direct air support missions resulted in the damage and destruction of bridges, fuel and ammunition dumps, barracks, roads and vehicles.

After replenishment at Mindoro, NATOMA BAY cruised west of Mindoro until the 29th. She then moved into position to support amphibious landings on the west coast of Zambales Province and at Subic Bay, remaining there until 1 February. Her task group, 77.4, then retired, reaching Ulithi on the 5th.

She sortied 10 February with TU-52.2.1, to provide air cover enroute to and during the Iwo Jima assault. Between the 16th and the 19th, her planes flew 123 sorties to prepare the way for the assault marines. On D-day, the 19th, 36 sorties provided direct support, while another 16 provided CAP cover. After the 19th, NATOMA BAY expanded her duties to include antisubmarine and air coordinator missions, and in March, to anti-shipping assignments.

NATOMA BAY departed the Volcano-Bonin area 8 March, entering Ulithi Lagoon on the 11th.

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