reincarnation negates the idea of being punished by being sent to hell. - it means you have many many chances to evolve and ascend to higher and higher forms of being.
FYI- reincarnation goes one way- upward. you can't be born a human then devolve into an animal. this is what some people use to dismiss the possibility. the levels of consciousness between humans and animals are great, the souls are different, so this argument is moot.
2006-12-06 09:46:36 · 18 answers · asked by zentrinity 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
it doesn't negate the ressurection. ressurection and reincarnation are different things.
2006-12-06 10:06:51 · update #1
this is a hypothetical question- this can't be proved. but- i have read about well documented cases of children remembering their past lives ansd reciting things from their pasts that there is no way of them knowing.
2006-12-06 10:09:36 · update #2
I am very much your way of thinking. It would be the only fair way, when we suffer for no reason, it may be from a past wrongdoing. This is why God doesn't intervene as everyone says He should, He would have to step in every 2 seconds for somebody or other! There is a growing disenchantment with the Bible and the cruelty it shows, it was only written by men after all in a different time altogether.Probably to deter all the barbaric people from all their cruelties, as there were many in those days.I too think we can only go upward, a nice Buddhist philosophy states that our kindness to animals help them evolve too,although our record is pretty woeful as to what we have done to them. Glad you're a thinker!! :)
2006-12-06 09:55:15 · answer #1 · answered by Juliette 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, they wouldn't. There were Christians who believed in reincarnation in the ancient church (such as Origen, the greatest second-century theologian), and there are many Christians who believe in reincarnation now. There are also many Christians who don't believe in reincarnation, but also don't believe in hell.
Unfortunately, you seem to have a pretty dogmatic notion of reincarnation -- that you "know" how it works. I'm not so sanguine. There are many possibilities for how it might work. We might all reincarnate, or only some of us. We might reincarnate as animals, or we might not. I simply have no information about that. The only *empirical* information about reincarnation is from children who have spontaneous recall of past lives (go to Amazon and look for books by Ian Stevenson, an emeritus psychology professor from UVA). All that tells us is that it's a good explanation of the available data that *some* people reincarnate as other people.
2006-12-06 17:53:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In Matthew 11/11 and 17/11, Jesus said that John the Baptist WAS Elijah and that Elijah?john will come again in the endtimes to make everything right (pave the way for his return). He also dares those that have ears, to listen...
Meaning, that reincarnation is a biblical, even if the church denies it, and the Master Jesus said it...
I believe HIM more then the brainwashers in the churches...
They must read their bible properly...
Humans do not become animals in a later life...
Reincarnation is not as much a punishment then a means to balance our books; and it is US to make that choice to balance our books...not God!
2006-12-06 18:01:21 · answer #3 · answered by mo 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Many Christian beliefs would *change* (not necessarily fall apart) if the references to karma and reincarnation were kept in the Bible. This is why they were removed. (Control of the masses.) The closest reference in the Bible to karma and reincarnation is "What you reap, so shall you sow." (paraphrased.)
Although extremely rare, transmigration is also possible. For those with particularly bad actions within a lifetime, the only way to pay the karma is to go backwards in the cycle.
2006-12-06 18:00:01 · answer #4 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've actually had some intellectual considerations about how the two could conceivable work together, while that's something I have at the "I'll admit I have no real idea about it or not" level. I guess if it were proved true it wouldn't throw me personally too much, because it's at least a thought I've already had.
2006-12-06 17:53:29 · answer #5 · answered by daisyk 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If such a thing could be "proven" to be the truth, then I could see it shaking the very core of Christianity, though not necessarily strike a fatal blow.
In order to prove reincarnation as true, one would first have to prove the Resurrection to be false. That step is the fatal blow to Christianity. For as Paul wrote, if Christ did not rise from the dead, our faith is in vain.
2006-12-06 17:50:54 · answer #6 · answered by Tim 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well, of course a large part of the basis of Christianity would fall apart if reincarnation were proven to be real.
But since reincarnation isn't real, it won't be proven to be real...so it's a moot point.
2006-12-06 17:50:14 · answer #7 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, the Christian beliefs would fall apart if reincarnation was proven to be real. That's why it hasn't been nor ever will be proven to be real. Wishful thinking perhaps, but not real.
Hebrews 9:27
"And as it is appointed unto men ONCE to die, but after this the judgment:"
2006-12-06 17:52:53 · answer #8 · answered by Pamela 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Thats a lot of balogna. Reincarnation is real. And even better is that you come back as yourself-the same person. You will be either eternallly rewarded or eternally punished.
2006-12-06 17:51:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
we have to admit that there are incredible minds among us, people with great ability to solve complex problems but no-one has yet to show any proof to support reincarnation, so it is a non starter.
2006-12-06 17:53:40 · answer #10 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋