2006-09-03 19:06:49 · 27 answers · asked by Amandy 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No.
2006-09-03 19:08:35 · answer #1 · answered by jeff b 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes and the Vedic scriptures confirm it. There is no question that reincarnation is a reality, we, as individual spirit souls are reincarnating within these very bodies, the material body is composed of gross molecules and atomic particles,that are constantly changing, every seven years each cell is completely replaced, so the body we had seven years ago is different to the body we have now, this is reincarnation, even within this life.
At the end of this life when the gross material body is no longer operational, being simply a temporary biological machine, then the subtle material mind replays the events of one's life, those events in one's life that are most prominant propel the spirit soul, the real self, to the next destination, the basis for this to happen is by the activities that we perform and the desires that are most prominant, man proposes and God disposes.
If we live a spiritual life, with activities and desires to please the Supreme, then the original spiritual body is revived and we can return home, back to Godhead, however if the desires are more worldly then we will attain another material body perfectly suited to the mentality that we have developed whilst being in the human form of life, therefore the knowledge of the science of reincarnation is of paramount importance to understand.
The early Christian church also taught reincarnation, up untill the 6th century A.D., in 553 A D when the Roman empire started to collapse, the emperor Justinian at the 5th Ecumenical council at Constantinople removed and altered the teachings of Jesus to gain more social control over the uneducated masses, by establishing the "scare tactic" of a singular life, as anyone who opposed these types of alterations was considered a heretic, it is not difficult to understand how these gross misconceptions came to be accepted.
Fortunately we are now able to discuss real knowledge openly, without fear of an inquisition, aside from a shrinking group of "text book" fundamentalists, the science of reincarnation is being accepted unopposed by many intelligent people.
To discuss further:-Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari (sda@backtohome.com)
2006-09-04 02:16:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. Though I have heard & read lots of things about it, so far seems everything illogical.
Human beings try to interpret why they live here & make so many wrong assumptions & mythologies. Until we have something logical and provable with science, we cannot beilieve in these. If you cannot decline reincarnation, why you should decline creation? (both are based on some stories told by someone.) If you agree with creation, what happens to the evolution, which is already proven with scientific research?
2006-09-04 02:41:38 · answer #3 · answered by Thusantha H 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes
. A person who believes in reincarnation assumes responsibility for his own spiritual evolution through rebirth. He does not need priests, confessionals, and rituals to ward off damnation (all ideas, incidentally, that were not part of Jesus' teachings). He needs only to heed his own acts to himself and others. A belief in reincarnation eliminates the fear of eternal hell that the Church uses to discipline the flock. In other words, reincarnation directly undermines the authority and power of the dogmatic Church. No wonder reincarnation made the Defenders of the Faith so nervous.
2006-09-04 02:11:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes.
2006-09-04 07:04:32 · answer #5 · answered by Witchy 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Somehow, I do. I have been to some totally new places for the first time in my life and yet felt as though I knew that place before. How not to?
2006-09-04 02:09:40 · answer #6 · answered by peanutz 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
YesT(here are lot of instances of reincarnation in indian mythology).
2006-09-04 02:10:11 · answer #7 · answered by SigmaPro 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Yes. It's called Dharma and is achieved through good karma.
2006-09-04 02:09:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
No - we all get one life to live. We are all responsible for making choices one at a time. We are born - live - hopefully get born again - and die (unless Christ comes back first).
2006-09-04 02:14:38 · answer #9 · answered by stybaj 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes. It makes more sense to me than heaven. However, if a person can become a truly good person, they I believe that he will obtain heaven (Paradise).
2006-09-04 02:12:52 · answer #10 · answered by Shossi 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Absolutely.. Im a hindu, although I still wonder when older folks say that they are on their death beds, they see their dead mothers, fathers or grandparents. So how are they there if they were meant to be re-incarnated into other beings?Go figure!
2006-09-04 02:10:23 · answer #11 · answered by Claude 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋