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.
2007-04-27 09:02:19
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answered by Freedom 7
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Psalms 146:4 says that when we die our spirit {life force} goes out, we go back to the ground, and our thoughts perish.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 says that the dead are conscious of nothing at all.
2007-04-27 04:19:44
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answered by Anonymous
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you will die and your soul will be spliitted into multiple parts, each part will find a new body , however one part will not find a body , that is the part that goes to heaven to look after the other parts, evbentually all parts will be merged into a super intelligent creature , that is allowed to start its own universe
2007-04-27 04:08:12
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answered by gjmb1960 7
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