2007-01-08 10:53:40 · 12 answers · asked by Mr. CoCo 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It sure looks that way from here.
I'm hoping to make this my last trip.
love and blessings Don
2007-01-08 10:56:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many problems with the salvation-by works doctrine of reincarnation. First, there are many practical problems. For example:
1. We must ask, why does one get punished for something he or she cannot remember having done in a previous life?
2. If the purpose of karma is to rid humanity of its selfish desires, then why hasn't there been a noticeable improvement in human nature after all the millennia of reincarnations?
3. If reincarnation and the law of karma are so beneficial on a practical level, then how do advocates of this doctrine explain the immense and ever-worsening social and economic problems - including widespread poverty, starvation, disease, and horrible suffering - in India, where reincarnation has been systematically taught through out its history?
There are also many biblical problems with believing in reincarnation. For example, in 2 Corinthians 5:8 the apostle Paul states, "We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord." At death, the, the Christian immediately goes into the presence of the Lord, not into another body. In keeping with this. Luke 16:19-31 tells us that unbelievers at death go to a place of suffering, not into another body.
Further, Hebrews 9:27 assures us that "man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment." Each human being LIVES ONCE as a mortal on earth, DIES ONCE, and then FACES JUDGMENT. He does not have a second chance by reincarnating into another body.
2007-01-09 03:29:58 · answer #2 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hebrews 8:27- "You die once and then the judgement". There is no second chance that way. We have one life to choose either life or death. We die because of our sin. Jesus died on the cross to save us from sin- He paid the price we could never pay. Life is not a dress rehearsal. There is no one righteous except God so we have to cloth ourselves with His Righteousness through the shed blood of Christ. He is the only one that can make us right, and as the verse states above- we only die once,
2007-01-08 19:11:40 · answer #3 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-01-08 21:07:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the bible says in Hebrews 9:27 "It is appointed to man "once" to die then the judgement" There is no coming back after death.
2007-01-08 18:59:15 · answer #5 · answered by handsomeworshipper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think we keep coming back until we understand (grin)
2007-01-08 18:56:31 · answer #6 · answered by Black Dragon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The Bible says that it is appointed once for man to die, then judgment.
2007-01-08 19:00:14 · answer #7 · answered by tim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. That's about as succinct as I've seen it put.
2007-01-08 18:56:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No!
If you haven't got ot right yet, you never will. Deal with it.
2007-01-08 18:56:39 · answer #9 · answered by Sirius 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no.
each time here
is right.
but, there's something better...
and when we get that,
we won't come back.
2007-01-11 21:34:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋