As military history buffs know, one of General George Patton’s many idiosyncrasies was that he believed in reincarnation. He used to bore his aides, and anyone else willing to listen to him, with tales of his exploits as a military leader in his earlier lives.
I have never believed that God allows human beings to come back to Earth for a second shot at life, and I still don’t, although President Obama is forcing me to give the idea at least a cursory second look. The Obama presidency is so similar to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s that I’m half tempted to think that General Patton was on to something.
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