my theory of life is that reincarnations exist, but there is no heaven or hell (i was not brought up to believe in a God or a place of sin). there are simply souls that go through many, many lifetimes. when a person dies, his soul enters another body being born. eventually, a soul will exhaust itself and wither away, and a new soul will replace it.

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a little of your old lifetime is retained in your new life. this explains why some people are intelligent and wise- because they have the weight of lifetimes of knowledge on their shoulders and have seen it all before. and why some people are unbelievably dumb- it's their first few lifetimes; they're learning, testing out their shoes. it also explains deja vu, people who dream in languages they can't speak, the sudden dislike you feel upon seeing some strangers, and the notion of love at first sight. i have a very long, drawn out theory about this *^*