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May I ask why you believe this? I'm genuinely curious.

Woah! How did you find out you were Alexander Hamilton?

Interesting.

To the people in California reading this: I hope all of you stay safe!

What are your thoughts on Cloud Atlas? (I have never read the book or watched the movie.)

This might mean something, but is not indicative of any specific past lives in and of itself.

This video has been sitting in my Watch Later for over 2 1/2 years now. I've been trying to clear out my Watch Later playlist. This video is really interesting. Some of these cases I have heard about before while some of these cases are new to me.

Not fitting rigid gender stereotypes isn't the same thing as being transgender. Plus I already explained why Alex99's language regarding "Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria" is problematic

Multiple studies show that transgender people are born transgender. Nobody chooses to become transgender, not even because of bullying. Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria is not a real diagnosis. Being transgender is not a trend. (I'm transgender myself and I can confirm this.) Also gender and gender...

Well yeah also true. Many people forget that the Orthodox church exists even though it is the second-largest Christian denomination in the world. And then there are those other sects with nonstandard beliefs (such as LDS and JWs) which consider themselves Christian, but many mainstream...

Catholicism IS a Christian denomination though. Whenever people say "Catholic and Christian", the "Christian" part actually means "Protestant". Also Baptists are Protestants.

But what if they were both, albeit in two separate lifetimes? Because you know, people can have multiple past lives.

I apologize if my description was way too simplified. I was just giving a general idea.

I mean this as in the primary emphasis. Think about for example, Christianity and Islam focusing on going to heaven, or Buddhism focusing on reaching nirvana. Proselytizing is forbidden in Judaism and while conversion IS possible, it is difficult. The "chosen people" thing isn't about...

Judaism doesn't agree on what happens after death, but that's because it focuses on the here and now.