Reincarnation or Past Lives

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Re: Reincarnation or Past Lives

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elengil wrote: Wed Oct 20, 2021 9:49 pmIt does, however, have a bearing on the arguments people use about how "Well nobody alive today has ever experienced [trauma] so that's no excuse"... as those traumatic experiences absolutely can affect children for generations.
Absolutely.
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Re: Reincarnation or Past Lives

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Eating habits can cause changes in metabolism of offspring for generations, too. Even if they aren't raised by their mothers.
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This may be relevant.

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.

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Re: Reincarnation or Past Lives

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Quite :love:
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