The simple reason which convinced me that this approach has merit is the fact that we human beings are no more than a product of nature and are entirely governed by natural laws such as gravitational force. Therefore, the laws that characterize other natural phenomena may very well be applicable to human beings. As I study this question, interestingly enough, I find a number of phenomena in the universe which provide good analogies to the multi-life theory of human existence. The simplest and easiest for us to comprehend are the multi-forms of H 2 0. Now a very interesting concept arises.
Water disappears when it is changed into vapor or ice.
This would be true when water is identified simply as water. From this analogy we can see that the multi-life theory suggested by Hinduism and Buddhism makes more sense and could be closer to the truth than might have been apparent at first. In Christianity and Hinduism, X is called the soul. In Buddhism, at the mundane level, X can also be called the soul. The five forms of existence are interchangeable.