do you believe in past lives?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

YEs, I do believe in past lives.

Answer 3

I met a witch once who shared a past life experience. What she described was very vivid to her. I don't believe she made it up. I asked the Lord to help me understand, and I believe what He showed me was that the experience she had was that of an indwelling demon spirit, which in an earlier time indwelt a certain man who lived through the experience, and was recounting it to her like a memory. She felt the experience subjectively, because the demon spirit in her had actually lived through it. So it was not an earlier life experience, but the memory of a demon spirit indwelling her. Demons seek to inhabit bodies, and when they do they camouflage themselves by making their host think that the demon is the person they are inhabiting. Kind of like a spiritual parasite. Jesus Christ can set you free from the power of demons.

Answer 4

I believe that other people lived before me, yes. Do I believe that I was Cleopatra in a past life? Er, no.

Answer 5

Well yes, that's how we all got here. The lives that came before us. There were people who lived in the past. Past lives. But they died, and now we're here. Just Kidding. No, I don't.

Answer 6

Personally, no. I think they're mostly characters created from our own ego projections. It's appealing to think that we might have been a king or a famous person in a past life, or that our quirks or hobbies have some "explaination". But I really don't buy the idea.

Answer 7

Yes, I believe our souls live many lives in an effort to educate ourselves.

Answer 8

perchance you observed some thing interior the previous..a automobile smash falling right into a water In Jacksonville, FL..the bridges over St. John´s river.. nicely, injuries take place and you´ll see it everywhere in the information for days..

Answer 9

Yes I do. I know I've met some people before that weren't always nice, and I know I've been to different places also.

Answer 10

That would make a mockery of religion!
We ALL know you go to heaven or Hell when you die, you are not re born!
At least that is what the Christians preach!