Reincarnated WWII pilot

[chaggle]

This was a big item on GMTV today (BTW they have a book out::))

http://www.gm.tv/articles/36458-soul-survivor.html


Finally, despite his mother's fears and his father's staunch Christian beliefs, Bruce and Andrea could no longer ignore the countless coincidences between their son's revelations and the life and death of James Huston.

They now believe that their son was reliving a past life through his nightmares. They now believe that James Leininger is a reincarnation of James Huston.

[Mulder]

These cases are certainly among the most interesting in paranormal research. One place to start investigating such a case would be to find out how knowledgeable the parents were about that time in history. Without a thorough investigation, it's just a nice story.

[Trinoc]

To tap into something being discussed on the SGU forum (http://sguforums.com/index.php/topic,21664.0.html) at the moment ... why does everyone who remembers a past life reckon they were someone notable ... prince, queen, general, cardinal, or even fighter pilot? Whatever happened to the souls of the peasants, or the ordinary Joes and Josephines on the street?

[Question Authority]

why does everyone who remembers a past life reckon they were someone notable ... prince, queen, general, cardinal, or even fighter pilot? Whatever happened to the souls of the peasants, or the ordinary Joes and Josephines on the street?

Funny, but that's what Sylvia Browne always says, lol. She says she's never met one person yet who was "famous" or powerful in a former life.

::)

[Trinoc]

Funny, but that's what Sylvia Browne always says, lol. She says she's never met one person yet who was "famous" or powerful in a former life.

::)
Aargh! I agree with Sylvia Browne about something! *gasp!*

[Question Authority]

LMAO! That's why I had to post that, cuz she has said it so many times it's not funny, and yet I know how people around here feel about her, lol.

Seemed appropriate. ::)

[Briz]

What I find difficult to understand is the NEED to have been someone else.

[xris]

What I find difficult to understand is the NEED to have been someone else.How is it a need ? If we accept there is something to consider, we cant then reject it because its a notable story. One of my grandsons ,told us he lived in America and all his children died in a fire ,two hundred years ago. Now at four its a pretty amazing bit of imagination, to say the least.

We dont have to accept the belief in reincarnation, just the fact that they need clinical investigation. How often does it happen and are most stories so mundane that they dont warrant reporting? Would we be interested in child who tells us he worked in a field and died of old age. It appears only traumatic events become reported, is that reason to discount them?

[FarSideOfTheMoon]

How is it a need ? If we accept there is something to consider, we cant then reject it because its a notable story. One of my grandsons ,told us he lived in America and all his children died in a fire ,two hundred years ago. Now at four its a pretty amazing bit of imagination, to say the least.

We dont have to accept the belief in reincarnation, just the fact that they need clinical investigation. How often does it happen and are most stories so mundane that they dont warrant reporting? Would we be interested in child who tells us he worked in a field and died of old age. It appears only traumatic events become reported, is that reason to discount them?

You are right, that is a good imagination.

[xris]

You are right, that is a good imagination.Is that the best you can do ? another arse with nothing of value to contribute.

[FarSideOfTheMoon]

Is that the best you can do ? another arse with nothing of value to contribute.

I just caught up on your existance, I felt I just had to scoff as well else I'd be missing out.

[Croydon Bob]

another arse with nothing of value to contribute.

Irony. Is that the best you can do? ;D

[Mulder]

Now at four its a pretty amazing bit of imagination, to say the least.

Reincarnation and mediumship could both be described as someone producing information for which they have no obvious source. To therefore assume a paranormal aspect is just that - an assumption.

The obvious alternative source of such information is, of course, memory. We forget the vast majority of what we experience - if we did not we could not function (some people have exceptional recall and it is generally seen as a handicap rather than a good thing!). Did this child have any problems sleeping?

There is also that we remember but cannot bring to mind without great effort. Sometimes it takes a trigger, like a particular sensory stimulus (smell or taste are common) or a familiar situation to bring back an otherwise 'lost' memory.

To a child, it is often difficult to differentiate between real personal memories and stories from books, TV, movies etc. Both can be recounted as recalled facts. A reincarnation story can come from a book or something told to the child by adults. It may be recalled when an appropriate trigger occurs, appearing as a genuine memory.

[Mulder]

Confabulation ('filling missing gaps') is more likely than imagination to flesh out reincarnation accounts. It requires much less mental effort!