text: It seems a necessary hypothesis to resolve the paradox of two different concepts.  On the one hand, we believe in a God who is good and plays fair.  On the other hand, we observe that some good people have rotten luck and some bad people have great luck.  Some people can resolve it by postulating a heavan and hell which will, somehow, even the score.  But hell sounds too final and awful for people who are only moderately on the negative side, and heavan too good for those only moderately on the positive side.  Some people solve that one by postulating some sort of custom-tailored heavan/hell idea.  To me, reincarnation is an easier answer.\n\nIf I believe in a God which is smarter and more subtle than all of us, I can believe in a chance for me to come back as a beautiful, intelligent and wealthy young lady.  That's the only way to make up for all the rotten luck I have suffered in the current incarnation!