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In reply to the discussion: Searching For The Science Behind Reincarnation [View all]pipoman
(16,038 posts)Sagan never said he believed in reincarnation that I am aware. ..He said..
But in 1996, no less a luminary than astronomer Carl Sagan, a founding member of a group that set out to debunk unscientific claims, wrote in his book, "The Demon-Haunted World": "There are three claims in the field which, in my opinion, deserve serious study," the third of which was "that young children sometimes report details of a previous life, which upon checking turn out to be accurate and which they could not have known about in any other way than reincarnation." *post #215
Now let's hear your opinion on this. ..anyone who has had a 2-4 year old knows how much imagination it would take to believe thousands of maniplulative parents have been able to make a child that age believably compel actual scientists to believe a false story. No, the best that can be said is it is a mystery. ..very similar to virtually every other solved scientific mystery before the discovery of the solution..