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What philosophical problems arise from the belief in resurrection and reincarnation? Reincarnation involves the idea of the transmigration of the soul from body to body. It means the “I” who is now conscious, has lived before and will live again in other bodies. It involves a different body and no guarantee or need to remember past lives. One problem with this is deciding in what sense it can be said that we keep our identity and have continuity. But many say the only thing that is important is the continuing development of the soul and spirit, although without memory or bodily continuity are we able to say we are the same person that was reincarnated 500 years ago. One problem of reincarnation and resurrection is personal identity. This involves the awareness after deaths of which we are and to what extent will others recognize us. Some philosophers argue that the only possibility of identifying a person is to indicate some bodily criteria. However, at death the body decomposes and ceases to exist and it is true that bodily criteria are necessary for identification when these earthly conditions of the world in which we now live.
Approximate Word count = 775
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