Reincarnation is a false belief.
 
There is no evidence to support it and there are also logistical problems with reincarnation as well as past lives.
Reincarnation is the philosophical or religious concept that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body or form after each biological death. It is also called rebirth or transmigration and is a part of the Saṃsāradoctrine of cyclic existence. It is a central tenet of all major Indian religions, namely BuddhismHinduismJainism, and Sikhism. The idea of reincarnation is found in many ancient cultures, and a belief in rebirth/metempsychosis was held by Greek historical figures, such as PythagorasSocrates, and Plato. It is also a common belief of various ancient and modern religions such as SpiritismTheosophy, and Eckankar and is found as well in many tribal societies around the world, in places such as AustraliaEast AsiaSiberia, and South America. Although the majority of denominations within the Abrahamic religions of JudaismChristianity, and Islam do not believe that individuals reincarnate, particular groups within these religions do refer to reincarnation; these groups include the mainstream historical and contemporary followers of Kabbalah, the CatharsAlawites, the Druzeand the Rosicrucians. The historical relations between these sects and the beliefs about reincarnation that were characteristic of NeoplatonismOrphismHermeticismManicheanism, and Gnosticism of the Roman era as well as the Indian religions have been the subject of recent scholarly research.[10] Unity Church and its founder Charles Fillmore teach reincarnation. In recent decades, many Europeans and North Americans have developed an interest in reincarnation, and many contemporary works mention it. ref


According to a very thoughtful post from January 16, 2012 called
 
An anonymous author exposed six logical problems:
 
1. Why do some have past life memories, but most don’t? Do only some reincarnate but not others?
 
2. What if a fetus is born, but no “souls” want to enter it? Then what?
 
3. Wouldn’t all souls want to be born into beautiful rich families with a good life? Who would choose to be born in a war-torn country in poverty? Do souls even get a choice? If not, then who chooses? Some intelligent forces or random ones?
 
4. Since the world population 30 years ago was half of what it is today, where do all the “extra souls” come from? Are they new souls? Are they souls from other planets or dimensions? Or from animals and insects? If from animals and insects, then where are the souls replenishing the evolving ones coming from? Is there a first life? Or does our past have no beginning?
 
5. A lot of reincarnation believers use the “souls coming from other planets/dimensions” explanation, but that sounds like a convenient copout since anyone can just say that. But even if we take that explanation, then where are the souls replacing the migrating souls coming from? Wouldn’t there have to be new souls entering in at some point, unless the population of souls always remained the same?
 
6. Since there are far more insects and plants then humans and animals, then would that mean that in your next life, your chances of coming back as an insect or plant are far infinitely greater than coming back as a human? If so, then no one would look forward to their “next life” would they? Or do humans only reincarnate as other humans or higher? Can an animal reincarnate as a human? If so, then couldn’t it work the other way around? Ref


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