I do not believe in any kind of "afterlife".

When you're dead, you're dead.

Nope. It's as silly as religion.

I believe once a carnation dies, that is it. This goes for all the other flowers as well.

Sure! When you die, you get reincarnated as topsoil!

Believe in reincarnation???..... Every time i open a can of condensed milk...

Reincarnation is just a wishful hope, a magical belief like religion.

As an atheist, I chose rational thought.

Trump deserves to come back as a homeless leper.

I have No direct evidence of this happening.

No

I consider myself a skeptic, but one who is always open to new sources of data. I've long felt that reincarnation is a heap of woowoo, but recently I've been made aware of a number of interesting cases of children who, without coaching, prompting or prior knowledge, have provided intricately detailed descriptions of what would appear to be the memories of a recently deceased person who lived a great distance away. I have no explanation for this.

I do believe we continue on as our organic matter is recycled, but not as a conscious being.

This seems like nothing more than wishful thinking, the same thinking that animates religion. It is a fanciful story with no evidence to support it.

No. Its beyond ignorant and illogical

I do, my good friend, Alan and I re-incarnated my Evaporative Air Cooler 7 years ago on November the 7th. 2013, does that count by any chance.
in ACTUAL FACT we 'played God' and Dr. Frankenstein, we took 2 DEAD Air Coolers and used them to make one that is even bigger and better so we can say, " It's ALIVE," LOL.

John Cleese related a story in which he had a conversation on the matter with Peter Cook who seemed to be more concerned to know if there was sex after death......LOL

No and I didn't the last time I was here either

I am guessing that your friend lives in a state where recreational drugs are legal?

Woo-woo nonsense. Tell him to get over the silly idea that he, or any human, is special. We just are. Our energy will go back to where we came from.

Your friend needs to take a science course.

What Science Really Says About the Soul

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I believe that when I die I will be reincarnated as a corpse... or possibly a small bag of ashes if I ever get around to writing my will.

I’m happy to find out when I die, or not. Personally I have no faith and no one has proven reincarnation exists.

Although I have heard some very interesting personal and anecdotal accounts from people that I respect.

Plus as those that believe in reincarnation don’t tend to preach, judge or control me I’m happy to have a live and let live existence with them.

I'd have to see some evidence before I accept such an idea.

Of course I believe in reincarnation! I’m a Pagan. Even if u don’t physically return - your soul can be transferred to a child by the impact you have while here.

|No its is just a load of religious bollocks

Pure bullshit! As far as any thinking person can determine there is no afterlife. BTW, people have stopped being "buried in the ground" for some time now. Usually you are embalmed and buried inside a concrete vault. This prevents any natural process like your friend wants to talk about. Eliminate this and go back 200 years, bury me by the old oak tree, and I am still not coming back "reincarnated." If parts of the tree and myself become one there is no consciousness involved.

Sounds like your friend is cobbling together some pseudo scientific bullshit to justify what he wants to believe. But that's ok, it's harmless, it keeps him happy and it doesn't sound like he's ramming it down other people's throats, so whatever. It's no worse than the rubbish that there is some mysterious soul that can think and function without a material body.