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There is, first of all, the spontaneous recollection of past lives by children.
Then there is the consistency and serious tone which accompany these
memories.
Then there are the birthmarks.
Then there are the details about certain people that they could have not
known by any ordinary means.
Then there is the recognition of the alleged previous incarnation's family.
The hypnosis just confirms all of the above.
Do you at least concede that the evidence is surprising if reincarnation is false?
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Children making up past life memories doesn't surprise me at all. The birthmarks are a fishing expedition.
The details about people is interesting, but only if it is truly improbable. But the problem is the way these details are matched and recorded. In the Stevenson story I read, the families had 40 years to get their story straight. And I'm not implying that they cheated, simply that 40 years of chit-chat about the supposed family connection is plenty long to make the story internally consistent. I want a modern story where the families have never met and the entire investigation is carefully recorded.
The hypnosis doesn't confirm anything. It's just another piece of the story. Can we find a complete transcript of the hypnosis sessions, so we can see just how much suggestion is being made? Is Robert Snow's session available?
~~ Paul