hinduism talks about rebirth whereas christianity talks about resurrection.Which is correct?

Answer 1

both are correct on each side of the spectrum

Answer 2

Odd how in the New Test, when it shows the resurrection, the New City on the New Earth... it states that the people will have NEW Bodies as well. THAT is the basic definition of reincarnation, yet they overlook that completely because some definitions of reincarnation include coming back as animals (The Bible, however, doesn't state what shape those NEW Bodies are in, actually lol)

The Bible also shows Jesus saying that John the Baptizer (it's NOT John the Baptist) was Elijah returned. Though John the Baptizer says he isn't... I'm sure Christians will be torn between whether to agree with their "savior" on the "Elijah returned" part (which supports the idea that they did believe in some form of reincarnation)... or to agree with John the Baptizer who spoke directly against what Jesus said, but it wipes out belief in reincarnation lol

If they can base the Trinity AND the Rapture on just a few verses, then it should be accepted that reincarnation is Biblical based on just those few verses.

Answer 3

Lets start with understanding what Resurrection and Rebirth mean first.

Resurrection means to return back in the same physical body with the same face. hence the practic of burial, preserving the body and burying it to be resurrected at the end of times. This is also the belief in Islam.

Rebirth is when a soul which resides in a human body returns back to another human body after the previous body's death.

Now to begin with no one knows what happens to the soul after it leaves the body, so for argument's sake, for a soul to return, it requires a body which can sustain it, which evidently is not a rotten corpse which is nuthing but decayed bones, whereas a newborn or a foetus is much more apt for a soul to make it its dwelling. So from a rational point of view isnt it more appropriate for a soul to take rebirth rather than claim the old rotten body it once used to reside in.?

Not to mention many recorded instances of a soul being reborn and also to remember where it used to be in its previus birth.

I rest my case for your intelligence to decide which is more feasible.

Answer 4

Hinduism(Sanatana dharma) which is supposed to be the oldest religion believe in reincarnation.

In Hinduism the concept of reincarnation is first recorded in the Upanishads which are philosophical and religious texts composed in Sanskrit.

According to Hinduism, the soul (atman) is immortal, while the body is subject to birth and death. The Bhagavad Gita states that: Worn-out garments are shed by the body; Worn-out bodies are shed by the dweller within the body. New bodies are donned by the dweller, like garments.

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Answer 5

Hinduism is not a morality based religion but an approach that involves the science of the time to explain the known universe. It is a very personal faith that leaves the reponsibility on the person for his/her actions rather than a forced morality on a particular action. How other people react to a person's action is also that person's karma! Hence Hinduism is a faith where the person has freewill to conduct his actions although desirable actions are mentioned, though not enforced forcefully. Most hindus have a temple shrine in their home and follow rituals but no forced thought by a priest. This is their love of the One God(concept) without forcing an individual to believe a certain way. If he does he believes out of personal choice, hence hinduism is very individualistic instead of communal(organised) in character. This is evident from parsis, jews who've lived in peace with hindus for over 2500 years escaping Islam and other faiths. India is the only country where Jews have not faced anti- semitism living in harmony with hindus. Hinduism encourages people to people contact and them developing their own opinion about people rather than an ideology thrust upon people by their religious leaders. They also go to temples to pray but the worship is only ritual without a forced morality thrust upon them by a speaker! Hinduism believes that all people believe in the same truth but they choose to worship that concept in different forms hence conversion is useless. Hindus donot seek to convert people to their faith and respect all religious places of worship.

Answer 6

The Bible teaches that to have part in the first resurrection at the return of Jesus, you must experience a rebirth first. You must be born from above, born of the divine Spirit! Otherwise, you will be raised at the time of the second resurrection to face the judgement and second death from which there will be no resurrection.

Answer 7

rebirth makes more sense, if one assumes there is more ti human spirit than just chemicals and electricity.

in virtually every aspect of the universe, we witness cyclical patterns of growth/regrowth.

nowhere in the natural universe is there a constant flow of new material (paralleling "souls" or spirit) coming from only a single place (even springs are replentished by rainwater entering the water table), and nowhere (except possibly black holes) do we see any evidence of all this material accumulating in a single place of presumed permanence.

Answer 8

Christianity. 1 Corinthians 15 treats the subject in detail. Since Christ arose from the dead a belief in the resurrection is a logical conclusion.

Answer 9

Hindus, Christians, Muslims all agree on Life after Death ; details differ.

Answer 10

The scriptures of Hinduism thoroughly explain about life after death and also about reincarnation.

The soul dwells as the inmost body of light and superconscious, universal mind of a series of nested bodies, each more refined than the next: physical, pranic, astral, mental. In our conscious mind we think and feel ourselves to be a physical body with some intangible spirit within it. Yet, right now our real identity is the soul that is sensing through its multiple bodies physical, emotional and mental experience. Recognizing this as reality, we powerfully know that life doesn't end with the death of the biological body. The soul continues to occupy the astral body, a subtle, luminous duplicate of the physical body. This subtle body is made of higher-energy astral matter and dwells in a dimension called the astral plane. If the soul body itself is highly evolved, it will occupy the astral/mental bodies on a very refined plane of the astral known as the Devaloka, "the world of light-shining beings." At death, the soul slowly becomes totally aware in its astral/mental bodies and it predominantly lives through those bodies in the astral dimension.

The soul functions with complete continuity in its astral/mental bodies. It is with these sensitive vehicles that we experience dream or "astral" worlds during sleep every night. The astral world is equally as solid and beautiful, as varied and comprehensive as the earth dimension-if not much more so. Spiritual growth, psychic development, guidance in matters of governance and commerce, artistic cultivation, inventions and discoveries of medicine, science and technology all continue by astral people who are "in-between" earthly lives. Many of the Veda hymns entreat the assistance of devas: advanced astral or mental people. Yet, also in the grey, lower regions of this vast, invisible dimension exist astral people whose present pursuits are base, selfish, even sadistic. Where the person goes in the astral plane at sleep or death is dependent upon his earthly pursuits and the quality of his mind.

Because certain seed karmas can only be resolved in earth consciousness and because the soul's initial realizations of Absolute Reality are only achieved in a physical body, our soul joyously enters another biological body. At the right time, it is reborn into a flesh body that will best fulfill its karmic pattern. In this process, the current astral body-which is a duplicate of the last physical form-is sluffed off as a lifeless shell that in due course disintegrates, and a new astral body develops as the new physical body grows. This entering into another body is called reincarnation: "re-occupying the flesh."

During our thousands of earth lives, a remarkable variety of life patterns are experienced. We exist as male and female, often switching back and forth from life to life as the nature becomes more harmonized into a person exhibiting both feminine nurturing and masculine intrepidness. We come to earth as princesses and presidents, as paupers and pirates, as tribals and scientists, as murderers and healers, as atheists and, ultimately, God-Realized sages. We take bodies of every race and live the many religions, faiths and philosophies as the soul gains more knowledge and evolutionary experience.

Therefore, the Hindu knows that the belief in a single life on earth, followed by eternal joy or pain is utterly wrong and causes great anxiety, confusion and fear. Hindus know that all souls reincarnate, take one body and then another, evolving through experience over long periods of time. Like the caterpillar's metamorphosis into the butterfly, death doesn't end our existence but frees us to pursue an even greater development.

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