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Originally posted by quzah
I believe that the typical though on reincarnation is that you may or may not come back as human. It's not a given. Thus, if you think about it, there really isn't any reason to create new souls.
Consider the number of animals, insects, humans, etc on the planet. Now give them each a soul. Ouch, I see all you cringing at that one. You don't like your food having a soul. Ok, ignore that, and consider this:
You die. An ant is hatched. An ant is squished. A bird cracks out of the shell. A school bus full of kids plunges into the river, killing all aboard. Not only is this horrible, but it's more newsworthy than if it had been a Greyhound full of elderly. That aside, a spider builds an egg sack...
Anyway, all digs aside, to try and put it logicly, that would work. There are tons of insects and such. Millions of things are born and die every day. You might be one of them. That's my genral understanding of how reincarnation works.
I can see where many will have a problem with this. I mean, not only does your food have a face, it has a soul.  And I'm sure most people would be appalled at the thought of coming back as a slug.
Quzah.
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Hey Quzah, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm.....well......kinda, maybe......almost..... glad to see you're back. I sure got an ass-kicking while you were gone. I hadn't thought that there would be so many willing to step in where you left off:p. Of course, no one was "attacking" me, they were helping
, bless their souls. I love how you get in all the little digs, wish I could do that without getting a lecture on how to properly communicate in a forum, yadda, yadda, yadda. Anyhoo, I *personally* do not cringe at the thought of animals (fuzzy or otherwise) having souls. I sure hope they do. But, I seem to remember something in Hindu or Buddhism that each time you're reincarnated you move up the proverbial "food chain" so to speak. No offense ment towards you, you Vegan fool:p. That was sarcasim, not a personal attack on Quzah
. So, my point being that since we, you and me, are already at the human level I don't think we would come back as a slug. I like slugs, but I would hope I'm passed the slug level, assuming reincarnation exists. Oh, wait, actually I think I remember something about if you are "bad" as a human, then next time around you *do* go down a level or two depending on how "bad" you were. I really don't know if this is what reincarnationists think, but maybe someone else can shed some light on that.