Fireman John Thompson

[Steven Christian]

Precisely my way of thinking. I admit that not everything can be explained by science as we understand it but this 'reincarnation' stuff is nonsense.

Some believe systems are big on it. Mortality is a big problem for lots of people. So reincarnation is their way of dealing with it. If that's what gets them by I don't have a problem with it. Personally I don't get it but thats just me. But for me at least science and religion after the divergance that took place during the Renaissance have circled back to the same point as far as the big questions go. Which is we have no answers. Lots of speculation and theories. It's fun to think about but in our present state of development I don't believe were capable of understanding. Having said all that I do think Seumas might be right about spam or game players. I would use the T word but some of the mods here don't like that. Odd to revive a thread with this after the last post in it was 20 years ago. Cheers.
P.S...this subject (died on Carpathia) was brought up in another thread recently. I looked into it but never really found a definitive answer.

 

[Mark Baber]

Moderator's hat on:

Calm down, folks.

Marcus, you're certainly entitled to your belief that you were Thompson and to have that belief respected. Don't, though, follow up with "recollections" based on that belief. Past life recollections can't be verified and have led to some strife here in the past.

And folks, Marcus is entitled not to have his belief described as "spam," "hocus-pocus" or "nonsense." Please desist.

Thanks.

Moderator's hat off.

 

[Marcus John Kim]

Then how did I know certain things about the ship, that I didn't see in books? It's weird I know, but there are definitely things about life and death that are beyond our understanding. I just know, that's all. Fascinating! She was so wonderful for her time... Everything almost brand new, so grand...

 

[Mark Baber]

Moderator's hat on:

No more of this, Marcus.

Moderator's hat off.

 

[Arun Vajpey]

So reincarnation is their way of dealing with it. If that's what gets them by I don't have a problem with it.

I don't have any objection to people discussing such things; in fact, I'll probably join in. But on a forum like this the subject should be relegated to "Off Topic" and not linked to any genuine Titanic victim or survivor. If any of Fireman Thompson's descendants read such things, they might well get upset.

On the subject of reincarnation, my argument would be that IF I really had a "previous life", I might just as easily have been a rose bush or a water buffalo instead of Albert Einstein.

 

[Steven Christian]

I don't have any objection to people discussing such things; in fact, I'll probably join in. But on a forum like this the subject should be relegated to "Off Topic" and not linked to any genuine Titanic victim or survivor. If any of Fireman Thompson's descendants read such things, they might well get upset.

On the subject of reincarnation, my argument would be that IF I really had a "previous life", I might just as easily have been a rose bush or a water buffalo instead of Albert Einstein.

This will probably get deleted or the thread closed. Thats fine with me as you said should be in the off topic section. And I'm not really interested in such things. But since you quoted me I feel you deserve a response. That is one theory on the subject. You die and then start over at the bottom of the food chain then work your way back up to human. I forget where I read that. Maybe it was in a past life....

 

[Mark Baber]

Ummm...

Enough!