An overabundance of souls …
I do not believe in God or any other mystical entity, creature, power source, etc., and I’ll make no effort to mask it, hide it, distort it, or spin it. I mention this, since it is mostly irrelevant to the general theme of this post, to make sure it is clear. Given that, what I am about to write has nothing to do with proving or disproving anything, it is simply a question.
So one has to ask, if human beings are occupied by souls (and I won’t consider the possibility of any other animals fitting the same category), why is it the number of humans are increasing? What causes a soul to decide “I want to leave whatever state I am in,” and why, as time passes, do more decide to take the leap?
Will the overcrowding from Earth be a problem in Heaven too? And why are these souls exiting from Heaven to spend a relatively short lifetime proving their worth to enter back there? Presumably, the souls aren’t coming from hell.
However, there is always the possibility that new souls are being created, but does that not beg the question “Why?”
Just more notes, thoughts from my unrequited curiosity.
Animism believes that there are souls that are cycled in and out of things, i do believe. That everything is an entity in it’s own right, and that the physical world is merely a shadow of a much more complex reality (plutonian cave). The entities we interact with in the physical world are an incredibly small and insignificant part of a much bigger picture.
Interesting.
Yeah I’m just specifically interested in the quantity … if souls are limited to humans, the total number of souls on the earth has tripled in the last 60 years. If not limited to humans, then souls must inhabit all creatures — that includes ants, may flies, elephants, sloths, snakes, rats, etc.
I guess there are many arcs this discussion could take, but the biggest one is “Are more souls being generated?” I really have no problem with the concept of reincarnation, but again the number of souls at least in humans is increasing.