Did you exist before you were born ?

Nalk1573

Do you exist before you are born, meaning in another world somewhere ?

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yes

Original post by OllyDaws

yes

where

Reply 3

Sheperd23

Original post by Nalk1573

where

its a pretty dumb question no one knows duh

Original post by Nalk1573

where

in a womb

Reply 6

JustOneMoreThing

No I never existed before I was born.

The answer is in the question really.

Reply 7

MidgetFever

Part of me wonders if that's why Deja-vu exists.

I think that it is quite impossible to answer this question, because the concept of existence is strictly connected to, and conditioned by, we, after-born people. How can we know if the concept of existence is working when applied outside our comprehension of reality? It is like a fish trying to understand the nature of fire, considering that he is not able to use concepts not depending from the idea of water. How could he understand the idea of fire by using categories entirely and exclusively based on, and connected to, water?
So, how can we understand the idea of existence by using categories that are entirely and exclusively based on the concept of existence itself?
I think that, facing this difficulty, we humans can only give up and admit our limits, if we consider the problem in this perspective.

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JackBrook

my belief: no

your 'existence' is based on what you are in your exact form, your memories, how people see and interpret you and what you say.

even if you believe in reincarnation, each 'life' is new and therefore I can't really see how existence can be transferred.

Reply 11

Good bloke

Original post by MidgetFever

Part of me wonders if that's why Deja-vu exists.

You are obviously unaware of this:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2101089-mystery-of-deja-vu-explained-its-how-we-check-our-memories/

Reply 12

Obolinda

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doubt it, I don't remember it.

Reply 13

MidgetFever

Original post by Good bloke

You are obviously unaware of this:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2101089-mystery-of-deja-vu-explained-its-how-we-check-our-memories/

Obviously so.

Interesting read though, thank you. :h:

Reply 14

jamesbarry17

No, but I am just another part of the universe, which has existed as long as anything we can know of has existed.

Reply 15

Retired_Messiah

Bit of a difficult thing to answer when I can't remember much of what I did before I was aged 4. Same reason I hate people saying "death is just like before you were born", like yeah great mate but I can't really remember any feeling other than being alive.

Who knows

What exactly is the 'you' that exists? I'm prone to think the identity of the self is a complex construct of processes in the brain. I certainly don't think there is some 'nugget' that is 'beingness'.