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Old 03-23-2011, 09:33 PM   #39 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by oojay View Post
Many of the eastern religions believe in reincarnation. They believe that these tragic things in life happen (or are even chose by the individual during their time between lives) in order to teach us lessons for the next life. All good and bad eventually evens out to get us where we need to be. Karma.
I'm actually very interested to hear what these eastern religions have to say about the practical issue of population increase. I mean, the number of "souls" (or whatever other ethereal descriptor they use) in living bodies has exponentially, exponentially increased since the time these traditions were founded. Are these new souls simply tossed into the cycle? Where do they come from? Surely this issue is addressed by the traditions?
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