Posted on 07/19/2019 9:25:55 AM PDT by RummyChick
Even someone who believes in reincarnation couldn’t hope for this sort of cosmic luck.
Billy Campbell, the 4-year-old son of Australian TV host David Campbell, tells his parents he has the soul of philanthropist and beloved global figure Princess Diana.
Billy, who talks of being a princess “before the sirens came” was born 18 years after Di’s fatal car accident in 1997.
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My’Spirits”told me the boy is Chinese- Pu Fong Chuk U ................................................LOL
I figure God has it all planned pretty well, and my job is to live any current life as well as I can. These things are fascinating to think about and even study; they suggest all sorts of possibilities and can lead to a lot of interesting conjecture.
But that doesn’t change the fact that we have to live here, now.
“There are other possible explanations.”
Sure. How about demons? If there are immortal, disembodied spirits hanging around this planet for as long as we have been here (or longer), they will have been able to observe the details of many human lives, and if they can influence the living, then they could pass those details on to us to create all sorts of delusions.
Likely the parents are typical ‘culturally Chritian/post-Christian’ like most Australians.
I believe the Druze in the Middle East have an unusual number of children who seem to know about past lives.
I don’t buy into the ‘demon’ concept. A lot of people seem to lump everything that appears “supernatural” (and I don’t think anything truly is) into the ‘demon’ category. I don’t believe that’s very deep thinking.
Well, Christians are opposed to the notion because the New Testament rules it out in no uncertain terms:
“...it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” Hebrews 9:27
Are you a Christian?
Are there demons in the world?
To the extent there is a Satan, yes.
In other words, no.
Aye.
I consider myself one. I am definitely a cultural Christian, and I believe in the wisdom of Jesus’ teachings. I suspect, however, that I don’t believe in the exact same way that any particular little offshoot sect or flavor of Christianity does. There are an awful lot of them, and they’re often at each others’ throats - which makes me suspicious that any of them has all of the truth.
As a “graduate” of Art Bell’s Coast to Coast, I do believe in the possibility of past lives. However, what are the chances that one of mine would be as a wealthy Egyptian Pharaoh, one who commanded the biggest Navy in North Africa? I’m more inclined to lend credibility to a story where someone was just another working stiff trying to avoid the Taxman, or a horde of Wild Boars.
Read Ian Stevenson. I’m not sure if Bell ever interviewed him, but he may have done.
The ‘man’ dies, but not the soul, apparently.
“Maybe it just indicates that we are all “living all lives”, on some level; that God is living all these lives.”
Interesting.
Well, I would agree with you at least that some Christians are too quick to blame things on demons. If you are tempted to sin, chances are better that it is your own sinful nature tempting you rather than a demon. If you have some physical malady, chances are that it is a medical problem rather than a demon.
However, the Bible does tell us that demons are real entities and not just some metaphorical thing, so I wouldn’t dismiss them out of hand. One thing to consider is, if there are demons looking to influence us, and you discount their existence completely, then you will of course never be on guard against that possibility.
I’m an astronaut.
(Snicker, snicker)
Good idea! I grew up near a man who claimed to be the reincarnated Napolean Bonaparte. My parents, as well as others in the town, were very intrigued by him because he could tell details of battles- including soldiers names- Napoleon participated in. No one ever admitted they doubted him because some of the details he gave about Napoleon’s life could have only come from someone close to him. Some of the more interesting ones were from Napoleon’s time in exile.
When I was in high school we had a charming Asian Studies teacher who gave us a survey of Buddhism, Hinduism, Asian culture and literature. We were naturally curious about his own religion, and when we asked what it was, he said, “I’m a Neo Zoroastrian’; and he didn’t elaborate.
I think from now on that’s what I’m going to answer, whenever someone asks me the baited question, ‘Are you a Christian?” It’s about as meaningful an answer as the intent behind the question usually is.
I recall the book about Bridey Murphy from over 50 years ago. It was an interesting read.
Young girl under hypnosis told of her previous life in Ireland several generations before she was born.
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