LmB@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoSuicide rates would likely rise sharply if reincarnation were ever proven.message-squaremessage-square152fedilinkarrow-up1280arrow-down110
arrow-up1270arrow-down1message-squareSuicide rates would likely rise sharply if reincarnation were ever proven.LmB@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square152fedilink
minus-squaredaannii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-214 hours agoTo be even more technical. You are being reincarnated constantly. We shed skin and cells and those become something else while our own body rebuilds itself constantly from other life. The only cells in the body that dont change out are neurons and sensory receptors. A lot of proteins stay forever though. Like bones, teeth, and probably a lot of proteins in muscles. A lot of others I’m not listing. But the cells themselves are always dying and being remade (except neurons and receptors).
minus-squareTtangko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·12 hours agothats like the concept of buddhist reincarnation, there is no “soul”, ego is illusion in buddhism like a stream of consciousness constantly travelling through cycles
minus-squareinb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·14 hours agoI’ve been vegan for over a decade, so with constant cell regrowth I’m photosynthesis with extra steps.
To be even more technical. You are being reincarnated constantly.
We shed skin and cells and those become something else while our own body rebuilds itself constantly from other life.
The only cells in the body that dont change out are neurons and sensory receptors.
A lot of proteins stay forever though. Like bones, teeth, and probably a lot of proteins in muscles. A lot of others I’m not listing.
But the cells themselves are always dying and being remade (except neurons and receptors).
thats like the concept of buddhist reincarnation, there is no “soul”, ego is illusion in buddhism
like a stream of consciousness constantly travelling through cycles
Flesh of Theseus.
Theseus of Theseus
I’ve been vegan for over a decade, so with constant cell regrowth I’m photosynthesis with extra steps.