My book You Will Live Forever: Religion, Science And Reincarnation, bases my argument for eternal life for all on three premises:

1. The first is not often heard, the argument called non-dualism.  This means that god is everything, all spirit and matter.  Therefore, since god is eternal, all human beings and animals also are eternal.
2. God is love, a much more frequently heard reason for believing in reincarnation, but a good one.
3. If god is all-powerful, all-loving and we’re parts of god, god surely saves us all by reincarnation.

I have four more reasons why I believe god grants us reincarnation:

1. Without this method of saving and reusing us, Earth would be unspeakably tragic in view of our being able to think, to love, to hope and to dream.
2. Earth would be drastically unfair and unequal, with billions of human beings never having opportunities for escape from poverty, disease, physical handicaps and lack of education.
3. God would be extremely wasteful if a new spirit had to be created every time a new one is needed.
4. Faith in reincarnation relieves us of great sadness for we believe we and our loved ones are reunited in heaven, and at death we don’t have to say farewell to Earth.

Dean C. Gross, author of You Will Live Forever : Religion, Science, Love and Reason, believes the universe is based on love, reason, and the non-separation of god from everything, so we’re parts of god.  Therefore, we; like god, are eternal and we alternate, with our loved ones, between heaven and earth.

Dean, the son of a Methodist Minister, directed public libraries for 25 years and for many years wrote weekly newspaper book reviews and columns, read and discussed great books on TV and radio, and sang sacred solos in churches and on religious programs.

Many people are looking for religious faith.  Finding their previously held beliefs unsatisfactory, or their absence from any of of them, they are seeking faith in a God of love and reason.  Some are hearing reports from religion and science that these longtime disputants are finding areas of agreement in beliefs concerning the origin and development of the universe, and in life on earth and in other solar systems.

The age-old cry for belief in life after death is as strong as ever, with many having lost faith in the idea of one life on earth followed, for some, by eternity in heaven. 

I first heard of reincarnation when I was an undergraduate in college.   I decided to look into it, but twelve years passed before I did that.  Then it was as if a light had been turned on for me in my entire life.  

The following became some of my first articles of faith:

1. Anything as vast and mysterious as the universe, as beautiful and varied as earth, and as complex and magnificent as life, must have a Creator-God.  
2. God is everything, is eternal, is a source of great love,  we are parts of God, and all that means we too are  eternal, alternating between heaven and earth or other planets.
3. I believe human beings are spirits, as parts of God's Spirit, when we're in heaven and spirit-in-matter when on earth or other planets.
4. I believe we rejoin our loved ones in heaven, we remember our lives with them on planets, and in heaven we can also know of our previous times in heaven and on planets.    

I held traditional Christian beliefs until I was in my late teens, and at 35, believing that God's love and reason are inherent in reincarnation, I achieved belief in God and in reincarnation.

As I write this, war is afflicting America and other nations after more than 3,000 Americans and people of other countries have been killed by terrorists.  Belief in reincarnation makes all deaths less tragic, and it helps human beings to adjust to whatever befalls us.  Reincarnation can bring peace to the ill, the aged, the handicapped, and the impoverished, giving them hope that they will have better lives in both heaven and and on earth, and it should be taught to all ages to help in lessening fear of death and disasters.

If you don't believe that we all have eternal life through reincarnation, I hope you will read this book and others on the subject, and that you will accept this ancient faith.