I have heard alot that jesus taught reincarnation, i can believe that because reincarnation is a beautiful thing and i believe jesus had beautiful teachings. My question is who and why did it get taken out of the bible?
2006-11-05 07:07:31 · 5 answers · asked by daisy322_98 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Reincarnation is real, I am sure of it now more than before, after all that happen to me recently.
First of all, I all my life never been on a horse, not even a pony, But, I feel like I can ride like the wind, always felt like that. When I was younger I would see details of peoples faces in my mind, sometimes many of them at the same time, as if it was a memory. I have seen somewhere, TV on reincarnation, many young children remember things of another life, but these memories start to fade as they enter their new life.
All my life I've seen either ghost and Spirits, or felt their presences. but the only one that has communicated for as long as seven months was told to me, that she's my Spirit guide, and that she knows me from another life, and this powerful woman, said to me her name, well I talked to someone at work about this and her name, this person at work said, that name is this nationality, I said, that make sense since I am of that same nationality. Now it makes sense to me.... Reincarnation
The only reason, I believe from what I heard once was why it was taking out of the Bible is that they had many other writings that they took out because it was to much. And way back when, many of these writings and many other important writings were stored in a library, and that it was all lost in a fire.
Peace.... inteleyes
2006-11-05 07:42:26 · answer #1 · answered by inteleyes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are more than 25,000 ancient biblical texts (some are entire Bibles, some are several chapters in length, some only one chapter, and some only fragments of a chapter). These are gathered from all over the ancient world, in several different languages.
Additionally, there are more than 86,000 quotations of the Bible by early church fathers. So many, in fact, that the entire New Testament can be reconstructed completely, except for a small handful of verses (I want to say 11 verses, but I'd have to go back and check out the sources).
I'm curious how you think someone managed to take reincarnation out of the Bible. That would be like someone trying to remove a story from yesterday's New York Times.
Just because something would be beautiful if taught is not a reason to believe it. You should believe something because you have evidence to show it is true.
The reference to John 9:1-3 is very weak evidence, at best. I say this for three reasons:
1) The person mentioning that is under the impression the disciples allowed the possibility the blind man sinned in a previous life, and so was punished in this life. It could also be just as likely they believed it was possible God punished the man prior to his committing the sin in question. This would, theoretically, be possible when you have a God who knows what will happen in the future.
2) It doesn't matter what the disciples think. They were disciples (i.e., learners) of Christ. The disciples were wrong in many things. What matters is what Jesus Christ thought. There's no evidence to suggest Christ believed in reincarnation.
3) The Bible clearly states man will live only one physical life. Hebrews 9:27-28 says, "Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him."
P.S. Shermynewstart - I challenge your claim that, "According to the Dead Sea Scrolls, there was a lot taken out of the Bible." What evidence do you have to back that up?
2006-11-05 15:34:04 · answer #2 · answered by The Non-Apologetic Apologist 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to the Dead Sea Scrolls, there was a lot taken out of the Bible. I believe it was edited to suit the religious leaders at the time. (and I agree with you.) Reincarnation is the only thing that explains why innocents such as the babies in Iraq can be maimed & killed. Maybe they were bad people in their last life.
2006-11-05 15:19:16 · answer #3 · answered by shermynewstart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it isnt all taken out of the bible and although i canot give you the exact scriptures .. i have seen them posted on these boards in the past
there are " subtle " hints about having many lives in the bible
but these are usually translated in a way that reincarnation is taken out of it
hope someone can find the parts i am talking about though xx
2006-11-05 15:10:04 · answer #4 · answered by Peace 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Allegedly it got taken out at a theological council of Nicea in 325 AD. The disciples believed in reincarnation and Jesus did not condemn it. (John ch9 v 1-3).
"As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?"
2006-11-05 15:10:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋