Reincarnation?

Question

What is the sense in reincarnation, if you pass from one life to the next and don't remember the last life, what benefits do you get from that? Maybe just good recycling for the environment, nah it doesn't make sense. What do you think?

In responce to to "Spirituall not religious"
Yes I did make a statment , then followed by My Question Which is, " What do you think"? And no I do not believe my belief system is superior to those belief systems that believe in some form of reincarnation , that is why I am asking The question "What do you think? So as I may get different points of views from many different walks of life. By reincarnation I mean just like you have already writtern, The idea or belief in reincarnation does differ depending on what they believe in, a bit like a car but many different models and makes.

Answer 1

Hebrews 9:27
And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment:


Reincarnation. This verse shows that there are is no such thing as reincarnation. It is merely wishful thinking for guilty sinners. Many of the world's largest religions teach their adherents that if they don't get it right in this lifetime, they'll have multiple opporunities in future lives. That people don't need to trust in Jesu before they die is one of Satan's greatest lies.

Answer 2

First of all, define "reincarnation". The idea or belief in "reincarnation" differs depending on the religion or belief system. Some restrict "reincarnation" to the idea of a soul, from one human physical body that has "died", being reborn into another human physical body. (Notice that I make no mention of whether you take experience or learning from one life to another as even that concept differs among the various belief systems.) Other belief systems mix "spiritual worthiness" and reincarnation and believe that a human soul could be reincarnated as the soul of an insect or a dog or a cat or a human being. In a sense, you could look at the death of a human physical body and the ascent of the soul into a "heaven" and define that as an example of "reincarnation".

Let's face it. Your supposed question was not a question at all. You "posed" a question which was actually a statement that was intended to show that your belief system is superior to those belief systems that believe in some form of reincarnation. How about you "play fair" and define what you mean by "reincarnation"? But you won't because that was not your purpose in "posing" your "question".

Addition - Sorry "Happy" but when you state "...nah, it doesn't make sense.", you have made a statement and a clear indication of your opinion of reincarnation. Second, I didn't define reincarnation. I asked YOU what you mean by reincarnation. It's your question. I don't claim to know what form reincarnation (if there is such a thing) takes but to "discuss" reincarnation with you, I have to know your definition. Forget it. You're just playing cheerleader for God based on which ever religion you follow.

Answer 3

Just a thought ... You are assuming that no one remembers. In point of fact some people DO remember, and there are ways of accessing past lives for those who don't remember. Hypnosis, psychic readings, etc. (I'm a professional psychic and one of the things I do is past life regressions.) In so far as the "why" behind past lives/future lives and reincarnation think in terms of evolution ... Along spiritual lines. Perhaps, and I say "perhaps" in difference to those who don't believe in the concept of reincarnation because I understand that it doesn't make sense to everyone and that's OK, it takes a long while to progress from point A to point B in the spiritual realm and that makes multiple lives necessary. And if you take karma into account, karma simply being a way to describe cause and effect, there you have yet another possible reason behind the necessity for multiple lives. And given all of this, just because a person doesn't remember past lives in this life consciously that wouldn't mean that they don't have a subconscious effect on that person. It also doesn't mean that we don't remember the past lives in between the living of those lives. Just food for thought here. Believe what you want. I do. ;-) ~ Peace & Blessings ~

Answer 4

What would be the point of living this one single life? As humans we make so many mistakes that one lifetime is not enough time to rectify them and learn from them. We carry all our memories into the next life in the subconcious. I believe that is what stops us from doing some of the stupid things - because we lived it already. Most of us don't learn from others mistakes and we think "I just won't do it that way", and we think we'll be ok. You hear people say all the time "Deep down I knew it was a dumb thing to do". I believe that is the subconcious memories from previous lives. With each life we become a better person for what we have learned before. Isn't that what God wants us to do and isn't that what Jesus' teachings were all about? Jesus was born that way. One lifetime isn't near enough time for us to learn and imitate his teachings.

Answer 5

You learn from each life and grow from it, besides did you ever want to be an animal? then why couldnt you be that animal in a past life? why not indeed.

I dont care what those bible believers say. christianity believed in reincarnation before 533 AD when the council decided it was no longer a good idea.

Answer 6

With all due respect, but as a Catholic I do not believe in reincarnation. The Bible says so. “Hebrews 9:27”

Answer 7

I agree, it seems to be a no win situation. But I believe that you are supposed to carry some memories forward with you--there were many stories when I was younger about children who remembered things from past lives. I also believe it is supposed to be another chance to get it right.

Answer 8

well it's good because we could be like babies and all have good heart. when you are reincarnated that means you have sin still. but being reincarnated again as a human being is a luck:) cuz not many of us could be human again. this is the last cycle there is no more reincarnated hehehe.

Answer 9

Posted by Toltec, on November 11, 2002 at 01:22 GMT

Reincarnation in Judaism, Christianity, Islam

Hints of reincarnation are also common in the history of Judaism and early Christianity. Information about past and future lives is found throughout the Cabala, which according to many Hebraic scholars represents the hidden wisdom behind the scriptures. In the Zohar, one of the principal Cabalistic texts, it is said, "The souls must reenter the absolute substance whence they have emerged. But to accomplish this, they must develop all the perfections, the germ of which is planted in them; and if they have not fulfilled this condition during one life, they must commence another, a third, and so forth, until they have acquired the condition which fits them for reunion with God." According to the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, the Hasidic Jews hold similar beliefs.

In the third century A.D., the theologian Origen, one of the fathers of the early Christian Church, and its most accomplished Biblical scholar, wrote, "By some inclination toward evil, certain souls ... come into bodies, first of men; then through their association with the irrational passions, after the allotted span of human life, they are changed into beasts, from which they sink to the level of plants. From this condition they rise again through the same stages and are restored to their heavenly place."

There are many passages in the Bible itself indicating that Christ and his followers were aware of the principle of reincarnation. Once, the disciples of Jesus asked him about the Old Testament prophecy that Elias would reappear on earth. In the Gospel of St. Matthew we read, "And Jesus answered them, Elias shall truly first come, and restore all things. But I say unto you, that Elias is come already, and they knew him not. Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist." In other words, Jesus declared that John the Baptist, who was beheaded by Herod, was a reincarnation of the prophet Elias. In another instance, Jesus and his disciples came across a man blind from birth. The disciples asked Jesus, "Who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?" Regardless who had sinned, Jesus replied, here was a chance to show a work of God. He then cured the man. Now, had the man been born blind for a sin of his own, it must have been a sin done before his birth�that is, in a previous life. And this was a suggestion that Jesus did not dispute.

The Koran says, "And you were dead, and He brought you back to life. And He shall cause you to die, and shall bring you back to life, and in the end shall gather you unto Himself." Among the followers of Islam, the Sufis especially believe that death is no loss, for the immortal soul continually passes through different bodies. Jalalu 'D-Din Rumi, a famous Sufi poet, writes,

I died as a mineral and became a plant,
I died as a plant and rose to animal,
I died as animal and I was man.
Why should I fear?
When was I less by dying?

The timeless Vedic scriptures of India confirm that the soul, according to its identification with material nature, takes one of 8,400,000 forms and, once embodied in a certain species of life, evolves automatically from lower to higher forms, ultimately attaining a human body. Thus, all of the major Western religions�Judaism, Christianity, and Islam�have definite threads of reincarnation throughout the fabric of their teachings, even though the official custodians of dogma ignore or deny them.

Answer 10

well, I like to take the biblical view, since I'm a christian, and say that there is no such thing as reincarnation. The bible says, "it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment." (Hebrews 9:27).