The Questions Of Rebirth & Second Life
One of the most sought after questions in which scholars, philosophers, thinkers and even scientists, still trying to find the answer is whether or not second life exists, that rebirth is after all, another phase every human would experience.
For creationists and religious people, it is no doubt that they believe an afterlife is the next destination from this earthly world. But there's a big difference when we talk about belief and hard cold evidence.
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In Indian mythology, there's this folklore in which some of them believe that there's this ground living bird, which belong to the pheasant family of Phasianidae, symbolizes the rebirth of soul, the reincarnation of one life to the next. This bird which resembles peacock, was said to be fall in love with the moon and will keep staring at it. Time is experienced all at once by this bird, the past, present and future all in one go.
Christianity also assigns the peacock as a symbol of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In Egypt this bird was linked to the worship of the sun god, Amun-Ra and associated with the all-seeing eye of Horus.
In Greek mythology, when Argus, the guard assigned to watch over the goddess Hera, fell asleep, his one hundred eyes were given to the peacock – Hera’s favorite bird. Argus, by name Panoptes, means in Greek as the “All-Seeing”, past, present and future knowledge.
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Moreover, it is said that peacock most resembles the traditional description of the phoenix. The phoenix is the legendary bird of resurrection that is sacrificed in the fires of life and then rises from the flames out of its own ashes. As a reflection of the phoenix, the peacock was often associated with immortality and rebirth, and considered sacred by many cultures and religions, including the Greek, Egyptian, Chinese, Christian and Hindu.
If there's really a second life, what could happen? And how do we know it is a second life?
What if this life we're living right now is our second life? That we're already reborn from our past life? Or maybe this our third life or the fourth or even more than that?
How could we know when we can't even remember our past life?
Who knows?
Very similar to the Christian God, who gives you free will, however, he already knows what you will do because he is aware of all the time.
Plato also exposes some very good points in favor of reincarnation, however, in such matters there will always be uncertainty.
If free will exists, and the Christian God knows what you will do, then this free will would be just an illusion, isn't it? How 'free' would that 'will' be in that context?
What happens is that in Christianity God is eternal, and is in the past, present and future at the same time, as the bird, therefore, sees everything you are doing at all times. You choose what you do, based on your will, however, he already knows because he is seeing everything.
It's as if I could read the future, if you are going to answer this comment or not, however, you are the one who decides, I only know what you decide.