Atheists...What Would Your Reaction Be If Reincarnation Was Scientifically Proven To Be A Fact???

I would still be an atheist because atheism only entails non-belief in the existence of god. I have not ruled out the theory of reincarnation yet, I am just not convinced enough to accept it as a fact.

Yes, it would change me.

Would it change you if were proven to be false?

For information Sam Harris doesnt actually believe in reincarnation.

My views on the paranormal—ESP, reincarnation, etc.: My position on the paranormal is this: While there have been many frauds in the history of parapsychology, I believe that this field of study has been unfairly stigmatized. If some experimental psychologists want to spend their days studying telepathy, or the effects of prayer, I will be interested to know what they find out. And if it is true that toddlers occasionally start speaking in ancient languages (as Ian Stevenson alleges), I would like to know about it. However, I have not spent any time attempting to authenticate the data put forward in books like Dean Radin’s The Conscious Universe or Ian Stevenson’s 20 Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation. The fact that I have not spent any time on this should suggest how worthy of my time I think such a project would be. Still, I found these books interesting, and I cannot categorically dismiss their contents in the way that I can dismiss the claims of religious dogmatists.*

Don't think so. Try to be the best that I can be anyway. It would be cool though. Also it would be fun to see the reaction of all the other religions. That reincarnation was scientifically proven. Not trying to be rude to Christians but the hardcore ones would definitely deny it was true.

The only thing I would change is my paper on Hinduism and Buddhism

i think the dalai llama answered this question in reverse many years ago when asked what his reaction would be if it was proven scientifically that reincarnation was not a fact. He answered "I would have to change my thinking, and every Buddhist would have to change their way of thinking too". The same goes if it were scientifically proven to be a fact. A lot of atheists would have to change their way of thinking. Seeing as their is no scientific proof either way. The debate continues.....

I'd still be skeptical and an Atheist. After all we are all still humans and on some basic level we are all linked with our surroundings and others, plus as a species we are constantly evolving even though some may feel this is the ultimate form. I say this because I have been known to pick up books and other materials in my childhood that my parents had used in theirs without propting and now my child does the same, I have had a strong feeling that my son was hurt and hurting and have came to get him at the right time way before the school had called me about it and I know animals have what we refer too as stamping or etching or inprinting and animal instinct.

I suppose my initial reaction would be to work out what loose definition of reincarnation had been adopted to get around the obvious logical contradictions.

But in a purely hypothetical sense (ignoring the fact that proving reincarnation would mean disproving logic, which in turn would make proving anything irrelevant) it wouldn't make much difference to me. It'd be surprising, to the extent that it would be surprising if anything impossible turned out to be true, and perhaps worthy of further investigation (regarding the mechanisms involved, et cetera) but it wouldn't really change me in any way I can think of.

science as such will always be the last to prove anything especially things of the soul. that time will soon enough pass with the confirmation that the soul is indeed a living fact( already predicted). as to choice no way hosea you do not have any choice whatsoever as to when and why and if you come back. the only criteria is your own past karma it is that which is the crux of all decisions as to when and where and to what family group you will be reborn to. this is a basic tenet of esoteric philosophy/psychology. as and when you become a Master of the Wsdom you then have the divine choice whether on not to serve this earth or move on to other venues(planets etc).

Yes. If reincarnation was scientifically proven to be a fact, I would certainly be looking forward to prove scientifically that Moksha is our ultimate destination!

If it was scientifically proven that god is the marlboro cowboy, I would accept that fact. I would noy have to believe it. I would know it and so would everybody else, even the people who ignore scientifically proven facts.

I hope you know what "scientifcally proven" means.

I am not thinking about what the RCC has in mind about the Lourdes miracles.

How would reincarnation, if proved, change an atheists views or opinions?