Pablo asked:

Why do some people believe in reincarnation? because if it exists what is the purpose of living,
having experiences if you're going to forget them anyway?

Speaking as someone who doesn't believe in reincarnation, I think people believe in it for the same
reason others believe in heaven and hell — to allow themselves to believe that somehow, someday,
life will turn out to be fair. People want to believe that everyone will, one day, get the reward or
punishment they deserve.

This world is unfair. Good people sometimes have miserable lives, and bad people sometimes
escape punishment. Rather than accept this, people believe that reward / punishment will come in
another life (or in the afterlife). And of course, this can never be disproved.

What I find interesting is that I still feel a responsibility to be a good person, even though I believe I
will never be rewarded. I wonder about where this 'moral conscience' comes from. Is it simply that I
was brought up by parents who expected me to be good, and that I absorbed their attitudes at such a
young age that it has become part of my personality?

You can read more about reincarnation at:

" www.comparativereligion.com/reincarnation.html"

Katharine Hunt