hi
personnaly i agree with you about reincarnation. i do like the point of learning during you life, and then useing it as a caytlst for changes into a future life. thats why i think even adversaties can be helpfull.
i guess it does come down to faith. to me faith is not some blind acceptance of a teaching. it is (to me) carefully weighing up the pros and cons.
as far as i can tell the alternatives available are limited, namely evolution. and while i would be prepared to accept that limited evolution is plausible, i dont beleive we evolved consciences, or love, or our huge brains.
we are just to far advanced to be a byproduct of random chance. if you can offer my another choice i will consider it carefully.
regards
josephus