I have been told it's in the Bible somewhere. Is it? Should I believe that?
2006-10-15 14:54:55 · 17 answers · asked by LaCosaMasBella 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It doesn't say anywhere in the bible about recarnation. what happens after death. If you accepted Jesus into your life you go to heaven and if you did'nt you go to hell. Its thats simple. And once you're in heaven, that's where you will stay forever. And if you're in hell, that's where you will stay forever. You cannot change.
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2006-10-15 15:11:19 · answer #1 · answered by A follower of Christ 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes it is real and quite well documented. Many christian sects taught and believed in reincarnation. When Rome absorbed the christian faith the idea of reincarnation was removed from the christian teachings.
The idea of a judgmental God who would allow eternal damnation was a powerful control mechanism that could not coexist with the idea of reincarnation so the teaching of reincarnation was outlawed.
Love and blessings Don
2006-10-15 15:01:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
from what I've read, Christianity supported the idea of Reincarnation until the Council of Nicea when it was taken out, so people would be afraid to rebel against rome, thinking that this was their only shot.
and did you know Judaism (which christianity is based on... and jesus belonged to) does not decree AGAINST Reincarnation directly? it doesn't say it does exist... but it allows for it.
seriously... trust your heart. listen to God, and Jesus, as you feel is right. if those sources say its true, why listen to other people?
edit: wtf? >>"no ,,,its not,,but i think its demonic activity,, its demons filling a person with the past thoughts because demons have been around for 6000 yrs "<<
thats a joke, right? thats like saying that dino bones were put there to decieve people...
2006-10-15 14:58:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Reincarnation is not in the bible. But other religion's do believe in it. But if they are a true christian they/we do not believe in this.
2006-10-15 15:10:38 · answer #4 · answered by jrealitytv 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Incarnation as in Jesus taking on Human nature yes, reincarnation as a man coming back as a dog no.
2006-10-15 15:06:42 · answer #5 · answered by beek 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No, you cannot be reincarnated. It is not in the Bible.
2006-10-15 15:00:48 · answer #6 · answered by jennalangdon 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
i found this link on many referances to reincarnation and karma in the bible
good luck
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2006-10-15 15:00:09 · answer #7 · answered by Peace 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Don't believe it.
Christianity rejects reincarnation for ten reasons.
1. It is contradicted by Scripture (Heb 9:27).
2. It is contradicted by orthodox tradition in all churches.
3. It would reduce the Incarnation (referring to Christ’s incarnation) to a mere appearance, the crucifixion to an accident, and Christ to one among many philosophers or avatars. It would also confuse what Christ did with what creatures do: incarnation with reincarnation.
4. It implies that God made a mistake in designing our souls to live in bodies, that we are really pure spirits in prison or angels in costume.
5. It is contradicted by psychology and common sense, for its view of souls as imprisoned in alien bodies denies the natural psychosomatic unity.
6. It entails a very low view of the body, as a prison, a punishment.
7. It usually blames sin on the body and the body’s power to confuse and darken the mind. This is passing the buck from soul to body, as well as from will to mind, and a confusion of sin with ignorance.
8. The idea that we are reincarnated in order to learn lessons we failed to learn in a past earthly life is contrary to both common sense and basic educational psychology. I cannot learn something if there is no continuity of memory. I can learn from my mistakes only if I remember them. People do not usually remember these past “reincarnations.”
9. The supposed evidence for reincarnation, rememberings from past lives that come out under hypnosis or “past life regression” can be explained—if they truly occur at all—as mental telepathy from other living beings, from the souls of dead humans in purgatory or hell, or from demons. The real possibility of the latter should make us extremely skittish about opening our souls to “past life regressions.”
Please Note: While I would agree with the demonic aspect, I do not agree with the idea of purgatory nor can I agree with the idea of the souls of dead humans communicating with living people. The dead are confined, according to Scripture, and cannot reveal themselves. This is suggested in the story of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16 and by the extreme surprise of the witch of Endor when she saw Samuel who was dead (see 1 Sam. 27:8f). She claimed to be a medium or one who contacts the dead, but when Saul requested that she contact Samuel and when God brought him forth, it startled her and brought great fear. This appeared to be her first experience with the real thing, i.e., with seeing the dead because this is normally not possible. When people do experience such experiences or contact, what they are seeing or experiencing is better identified as demonic.
10. Reincarnation cannot account for itself. Why are our souls imprisoned in bodies? Is it the just punishment for evils we committed in past reincarnations? But why were those past reincarnations necessary? For the same reason. But the beginning of the process that justly imprisoned our souls in bodies in the first place—this must have antedated the series of bodies. How could we have committed evil in the state of perfect, pure, heavenly spirituality? Further, if we sinned in that paradise, it is not paradisical after all. Yet that is the state that reincarnation is supposed to lead us back to after all our embodied yearnings are over.
2006-10-15 15:54:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
i don't believe in reincarnation, but i did in my last life.
2006-10-15 15:24:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well i did not think christians were allowed to believe that.
2006-10-15 14:56:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋