What seems clear to me is that if we do live out other lives, in order to do this, there has to be a source that maintains the continuity of the self, otherwise it's difficult to make sense of this idea. — Sam26
Why not just deny the possibility of eternal oblivion by denying the existence of a continuous self, even within a single lifetime? That way you circumvent the need for evidence of reincarnation, and avoid all of the scepticism that the begging of evidence entails. — sime
Like a radio picking up sound waves and transmitting the sounds through its components. — Sam26
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