Maybe God has let everybody who ever lived be reborn - so he or she can see how it ends. Even Pitecanthropus erectus and Australopithecus and Sinanthropus pekensis and the Neanderthalers are back on Earth - to see how it ends. They're all on Times Square - making change for peepshows. Or recruiting Marines.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Everyone, including ancient ancestors, returns to witness the end of humanity.
- In plain terms
- All people come back to see how history ends.
- What can you take from it?
- History includes all of us watching the final act.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does the end look like?
- Does legacy matter?
Another view
Reincarnation is not proven fact.
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