CHristians why do you steal Hindu concepts of reincarnation and make your own definition to what it means?

Answer 1

Your nick reads xians_are_terrorists????

Doesn't it say it all????

Answer 2

Obviously, the word "steal" in your question is misplaced; "hide" may be a better word to use. In other words, WHY DO CHRISTIANS HIDE THE CONCEPT OF REINCARNATION? would be a better question. We should not forget that Jesus referred to John the Baptist as Elijah reincarnated. In fact, there was hardly any nation that did not believe in reincarnation.

Reincarnation was not unique to the Hindu religion as a cursory look at other belief systems before the advent of Christianity reveals the almost universal nature of the concept. Even today, we have many Christians who believe everything in the bible except the one-life theory, for they KNOW about reincarnation from the facts around them.

So the original followers of Christ knew about reincarnation. The one-life theory came after the state took over control of the emerging religion from the original followers of Christ, and a new one, Chritianity as we now know it, was born.

Answer 3

The Hindu concept of reincarnation is nothing like the Christian reality of resurrection.

Reincarnation literally means to become incarnate again. Or to become flesh and blood through successive rebirths into the stage of infancy.

Resurrection means to be raised from death in the same body.

Answer 4

haha thats funny!! we don't believe in reincarnation, where on earth did you get that idea? once this life is over for a believer, we go to heaven, we do not come back as other people or animals or any other weird thing. i know where the concept of reincarnation came about but it is a false belief and there is no basis for us to think that we have been several people in this life. that would make the life we are living now pointless. all that we fight to be, to earn, to learn, to know would all be for naught if this were true. we wouldn't have to try so hard now if we were just going to come back later. none of us would ever feel guilty for things we do, we wouldn't worry about loving people or spending our lives with someone because we would just have to come back and do it all over again!! i mean how tiring would that be? if we went and worked ourselves silly to have a good life just to find out that we would have to it all over again in another is so not appealing!! all we do now is whats important and what lasts. we wouldn't need religion or faith or beliefs either if we are just going to come back again, boring!!!!

Answer 5

Christians don't believe in reincarnation so how could they steal the concept? Christians believe in a afterlife with God the Father, Jesus, God's only begotten Son and the Holy Ghost.

Answer 6

Next time you might want to give an example of what you mean, and a link to your source(s). It seems obvious that most Christians have consistently taught that "reincarnation" was NOT a Christian belief:

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...The earliest recorded Christian reference to reincarnation is a passing remark made by Justin Martyr about 150 A.D. in his "Dialogue With Trypho IV". He is claimed by many reincarnationists to have herein stated his belief that human souls were repeatedly reborn into other bodies, but a look at the quotation in question reveals otherwise:

"Therefore souls neither see God nor transmigrate into other bodies; for they would know that so they are punished, and they would be afraid to commit even the most trivial sin afterwards."

A few decades later, in his exhaustive attack on the Gnostics, "Against Heresies", Irenaeus also criticized reincarnational beliefs, pointing out the lack of recollection of past lives on the part of the general public. Reincarnation was likewise unfavorably discussed in the second century by Tertullian ("On the Soul", chapters 23-24, 29-35), and Arnobius ("Against the Heathen II", chapter 16). Other opponents were Lactantius in the third century ("The Divine Institutes", Book III, chapters 18-19), Gregory of Nyssa in the fourth century ("On the Making of Man", chapter 29), and Augustine in the fifth century ("The City of God", Book X chapter 30).

The Church Father most often cited by reincarnationists is Origen, who not only was known in the third century for his brilliant scholarship, but for his theological speculations as well. However, though he did indeed hold to the doctrine of pre-existence of human souls before their physical births, this can in no way be misconstrued to indicate that he believed in successive incarnations following the initial one. This he demonstrated in his voluminous "Against Celsus", in which he wrote ...

"But on these subjects much, and that of a mystical kind, might be said; in keeping with which is the following: ‘It is good to keep close the secret of a king’, -in order that the doctrine of the entrance of souls into bodies (not, however, that of the transmigration from one body into another) may be thrown before the common understanding... (parenthesis in original)."

Toward the end of his life, Origen also produced a commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, in which he discussed at great length whether or not John the Baptist was the reincarnation of Elijah. His conclusion on the matter was undeniably apparent:

"In this place (Matthew 17:10-13) it does not appear to me that by Elijah the soul is spoken of, lest I should fall into the dogma of transmigration, which is foreign to the Church of God, and not handed down by the Apostles, nor anywhere set forth in the Scriptures."

It is quite obvious from the above statement that Origen did by no means support reincarnation or even suggest its possibility....

Answer 7

Christians do not believe in reincarnation

"It is appointed to men to die once and then comes judgment" Hebrews 9:27

Answer 8

Bible says, 'After death comes judgment" And "To be absent from the body is to be present with the lord"
Jesus told the man on the cross, "today you will be with me in paradise"
Christians do not believe in reincarnation. Funny, my mother did and tried to teach me this, but I never did buy into it.
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Answer 9

We don't believe in reincarnation.

Christ wasn't reincarnated.

He died as Jesus the Christ.

He arose as Jesus the Christ.

He defeated death.

You can attack us Christians all you want, because we are blessed by it.

We can take it. We have God on our side.

Argumentative, but the Truth.

Christ said "If God is for me, who can be against me?"

In other words, these attacks on us don't affect us.

Answer 10

I have no idea if what you're saying is true, but my answer is why the hell shouldn't we? What's wrong with that?

I would call that creative interpretation. Take something that already exists and make it better.

Answer 11

Maybe you should log off the computer for a few minutes, go for a nice long walk, grab your favorite donut and drink and enjoy the world for once.