People talk about like becoming animals after death, but I think that when a baby is born it is at that exact moment that another person dies. I was someone else before May 7th 1992. Then I died.
2007-02-25 14:34:27 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Your only 14. Why aren't you in bed young lady.
Don't you have school in the morning.
I think you may be right. I have a son who is 14. When he was just a toddler he told me about the place he was at before he was born. He called it the place where the babies wait to be born. He also told me about when he was a man before. He said I was a man like you only older dad.
Love and blessings Don
2007-02-25 14:41:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
If a Christian believes in reincarnation, then they aren't really a Christian. Jesus tells us that reincarnation does not exist. That our soul is from God. He puts our soul into a baby at time of conception and after our bodies die, our soul goes before Jesus for judgment and then to hell, purgatory or Heaven. God doesn't put our soul into another body later on. Believing in reincarnation is against the church and Jesus' teachings.
When a baby is born, another person dies -- not true. Every 4 seconds a baby is born and every 7 seconds a person dies on this planet.
2007-02-25 14:42:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I would hate to say you are not a Christian. Indeed I do not as that is the realm of God. But, the very thought you expressed flies in the face of the Gospel that you should know so well.
You are who you are and you will live, die, face judgment, and either live anew or die a second death. There is no reincarnation and no Biblical support.
Revelation 20:13-15 (King James Version)
13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
This is not a pleasant scripture, but it clearly shows that those that are dead come back to face the second death not spun out again and again.
People can claim what they wish it does not make it truth. These people muddle non-believers and believers alike when they are not grounded in the word and have a good understanding of all that it contains.
2007-02-25 14:49:06 · answer #3 · answered by crimthann69 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Interesting question. I know of a Jewish sect thousands of years ago that believed in the concept, even in scripture some thought that John the Baptist was Elijah who came back. I really don't think this concept is mainstream and I can't think of any denomination that supports this doctrine. I have to admit that I too have wondered the same thng, but I discount it because it really has no influence on how I live my life.
2007-02-25 14:43:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, being a Christian means being Christ-like and going against his teaching would make you an unusual "Christian". By the way your theory would be great if the population of the world would stay the same all the time.
2007-02-25 14:38:29 · answer #5 · answered by David 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How would you explain increasing or declining populations? The number of living things is not a constant number, so what happens when there isn't another body available? That would make life an extraordinary game of musical chairs (or bodies as the case may be).
2007-02-25 14:42:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
that's funny that you say that. I always used to think that when a person dies and "goes towards the light", what is really happening is that person is being born again and, you know, the light is them coming out of their mother. So heaven then, is that time of infancy when you can't remember anything and everyone takes care of you.
My only stipulation to your claim is, is death-to-life instantaneous or is there a lay-over? I'm not trying to be cross, but do you think it is instantaneous?
2007-02-25 14:40:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What exactly do you believe that you have in common with that person? Everything that makes you who you are exists physically in your body. Unless this other person had the same brain as you, you're not the same person.
Also your 'theory' suggests that there has always been the same number of people. The birth rate of people is higher than the death rate, so it's ridiculous to suggest people are only born when other people die.
2007-02-25 14:40:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am a Christian. While I am supposed to take everything that the church says as gospel, I do not. I feel that religion was written by man, and is flawed. Nevertheless, I believe in a supreme being.
A supreme being can do whatever they want (right?), so if you wish to believe in reincarnation, go ahead. Conservative christians will disagree with my opinion, but to each their own.
2007-02-25 14:39:25 · answer #9 · answered by mark 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Cyclic rebirth is not compatible with Biblical doctrine.
It is appointed to man once to die after that, the judgement. The idea that we collectively pass through endless reincarnations,until we "get it right" is not God's plan for us. He(Jesus) "did get it right" in our behalf. We have only to reach out and in faith believe and act on his plan for our salvation.
I added a little extra to my answer,but I felt a need to add some context so that there is no missunderstanding.
2007-02-25 14:46:00 · answer #10 · answered by bonsai bobby 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋