So I could be a female science/technology nerd and not be burned at the stake or anything ;).

I've often wondered this myself but am not sure. Beautiful theory. I do think that some people have known each other in the past. My sister and her hubby for instance. And perhaps a good friend and me. As to exactly why, though, no.

I am going to oversimplify, so that I can answer this question. Summarily, however, I can only answer based on what I know of history; any time beyond this time, though possible in the context of the question, can't really be addressed.

I would choose to live now because, despite media fervor to the contrary, we are at our most harmonious, racially. Though raw sensus data still depicts a considerable gap between white people versus black and hispanic people, the opportunity for all people to succeed is at its highest potential. Further, there is virtually no economic difference between men and women college graduates. Thus, the dream of education being the great equalizer has come true.

Socially, black people and white people are eating lunch together and actually marrying each other, instead of just fudging on the sly for the thrill of the taboo. We laugh and enjoy each other's company at work, instead of arranging desks by color scheme.

Naturally, we are not experiencing a racial eutopia. But it's a lot better than it used to be.

Other that, I wouldn't really have chosen this time. For the most part, I think this time just plain sucks.

My soul probably found some sick humour in the fact that whilst humans have finally developed the medical and technological requirements to save themselves, they are actually in the process of destroying themselves - and it wanted to watch.

Assuming that the whole soul thing is true, does that mean new souls are being created all the time? And if the population is growing, even if souls are recycled, there must be much more demand than supply?

I really like this survey.

Maybe I can change something about the world. Maybe I'm going to revolutionise literature.

Because I felt like it

My soul decided to mess with me.

My soul was just bored. Or it noticed that the women's rights movement was finally taking off and it was a decent time to be a woman.

Better healthcare and internet development

Just to see what kind of crap people could throw at me and all the reasons for this plus all the BS they could feed
me and it never worked as this society is finding out

Because this is when everything changes.

For the LULZ.

I guess I enjoy a lot of the creature comforts of this time. Perhaps my soul just wanted to lay on the couch and watch tele a little bit.

I choose this period for the ubitquitous indoor plumbing.

I suspect I made a mistake choosing this period in time. Let me check back in with you in 10,000 years, okay?

Because its the only time period I haven't tried before.

Just curious, how exactly would this system work anyway? If you recarnate everytime you die, you wouldn't be doing much picking anyway. You wouldn't be choosing a period in time to live in, because you would live at least once in every period, unless you skip a generation or two after your death.

A more accurate outlook would be picking your geographical regin, sex, race, among a few other characteristics within each time frame. I mean you really can't pick the Middle Ages England after you have died in 1990, as that would require going to a time period that already happened---- unless, there are other less developed planents in the universe that has the equivilant of earth's Middle Ages.

Perhaps this is the best time in all of human history. We have now reached our peak in civilization. I can see a variety of possibilities for it all being downhill from here. Good thing this is hypothetical.

In one word I would say>>>WOODSTOCK<<<. I would love to go there at that time Aug..1969. I would love to meet Janis Joplin and Jimmy Hendricks.
That's if I could choose a time period.

Well apparently my "soul" made a big mistake because this life and time sucks big time... LOL Now if we are stuck somewhere because of "Karma" and not have a choice in where we go, then I was put here at this time since it is the Karma version of Hell .... I must have really been bad in my past lives...

I am here to see the end of the world.
I cannot really answer this question the way it is asked. The question and the answer is a serious thing to me, so to have it splashed about on a party train is not quite the right time or place.
anyway, the world is going to end the way we know it and I am here with all of everyone to see it through.

We don't choose the period of time we live in. How could we? God chooses this for us.

to successfully cross the bridge between old-school and new-school...our lives are run by the dead ya' know

sorry, but we all have free will...that's part of the deal

> sorry, but we all have free will...that's part of the deal

We may have free will in many different aspects, but there's no way we could have chosen what period of time we live in.

of course we did...don't you think 'we' would have been totally 100% convinced/sold about returning? knowing full-well of everything and allthings that this earth damns/blesses us with? i mean really...if i must call god, "god" then i firmly believe that He has never had it out for me by sending me back to the material plane, when i've had it all...He's not mean, cruel. He wouldn't have sent me w/o allowing it is my point...He did not force me, or ship me here. I chose, you chose, we all did indeed choose.
besides... time, outside of here in the material, does not really exsit as we know it. if you must place a material mental picture to it, think of it as like a jellyfish. and the jelly-bubble part is "all-time" or "allthings", and the little tendrills/tentacles in the water, is like the little moments of time itself...Jesus-time, Hitler-time, Our-time, etc. all hanging out at the same time....

> of course we did...don't you think 'we' would have been totally 100%
> convinced/sold about returning? knowing full-well of everything and
> allthings that this earth damns/blesses us with? i mean really...if
> i must call god, "god" then i firmly believe that He has never had
> it out for me by sending me back to the material plane, when i've
> had it all...He's not mean, cruel. He wouldn't have sent me w/o allowing
> it is my point...He did not force me, or ship me here. I chose, you
> chose, we all did indeed choose.
> besides... time, outside of here in the material, does not really
> exsit as we know it. if you must place a material mental picture to
> it, think of it as like a jellyfish. and the jelly-bubble part is
> "all-time" or "allthings", and the little tendrills/tentacles in the
> water, is like the little moments of time itself...Jesus-time, Hitler-time,
> Our-time, etc. all hanging out at the same time....
>
>
>

I don't understand how we could have chosen what period of time to live in before we even existed. We only live once on this earth for a short period of time and then we live for eternity in either Heaven or Hell. I don't believe in reincarnation and there's nothing in the Bible that supports it.

ok then...
i just feel as if "soul" is indeed eternal. yes, this is the only life in time-space where i am indeed "julie jamerson", but my soul, (which makes me "me", more than just simply a name), has walked this earth many times before. like i said, tis the first time i am "julie", but...none-the-less.
let us agree that we simply disagree

Someone reads Sylvia Browne, and that's a no-no.