Reincarnation and Christianity

there is no such reincarnation. that is not biblical./. bible says.. we die once and judgement. so u have to know about God well before too late

Wonderful! Another free thinker. I believe the passages you were referring to may have been present during & shortly after the golden ages, when there was more enlightened thought amongst the ordinary people of the day. There are probably still many references to reincarnation throughout both the old & new testaments, though they will depend heavily on interpretation. I believe that Jesus himself believed in reincarnation & spoke frequently about the matter. I can give at least one very creditable example currently included in today's bibles, if pressed. I do not wish to discuss in any detail why this teaching is at odds with Christianity, but believe that it is not taught, at least universally, throughout the reaches of Christianity due to it not supportting church doctrine & dogma.

I am unaware of any scriptural evidence for reincarnation all the best urban

Hi PointlessQuestions, It is a known fact that many of the early Christians believed in reincarnation. It is also true that some of the early fathers of the church believed in and taught reincarnation as a doctrine. Many people don't realize that the Bible as we have it today, was not put together until the sixth century. There were numerous writings that were excluded because the Roman Emperor, as well as many of the church leaders, did not think it suited their purposes. Interestingly, it was also in the sixth century that the church stopped teaching the doctrine of reincarnation. Many say that there are still references to reincarnation in the Bible and I will list just a few. I'd suggest that you do some research so you can make up your own mind on the subject. Here is the link to one article: http://relijournal.com/christianity/a-history-of-christianity/ Here too are some Bible verses that are thought to refer to reincarnation: Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; and before you were born I consecrated you, and I appointed you a prophet to the nations" (Jeremiah 1:45). This passage clearly suggests that Jeremiah existed in a non-earthly part of Creation before he was conceived. This is to say that pre-existence is acknowledged by the Scriptures and that human beings do not come into existence only at birth. "And as he was passing by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, 'Rabbi, who has sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?" Jesus answered, 'Neither has this man sinned, nor his parents, but the works of God were to be made manifest in him.'" (John 9:1) The disciples ask the Lord if the man himself could have committed the sin that led to his blindness. Given the fact that the man has been blind from birth, we are confronted with a provocative question. When could he have made such transgressions as to make him blind at birth? The only conceivable answer is in some prenatal state. The question as posed by the disciples explicitly presupposes prenatal existence. It will also be noted that Christ says nothing to dispel or correct the presupposition. "And the disciples asked him, saying, 'Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?' But he answered them and said, 'Elijah indeed is to come and will restore all things. But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also shall the Son of Man suffer at their hand.' Then the disciples understood that he had spoken of John the Baptist." (Matthew 17:10-13) As for the John the Baptist-Elijah episode, there can be little question as to its purpose. By identifying the Baptist as Elijah, Jesus is identifying himself as the Messiah. Throughout the gospel narrative there are explicit references to the signs that will precede the Messiah. "Behold I will send you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord." (Malachi 4:5) It is also intersting to note that reincarnation is a doctrine accepted by Orthodox Jews. In fact, a statement by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the leader of the largest ultra-Orthodox Israeli political party, recently caused considerable stir throughout the world. According to the Rabbi, all of the six million Jews killed in the Nazi Holocaust were sinners who were reincarnated, at least in part, to atone for their sins from a past life. Hope this helps. Blessings.

There was talk of this at one time but I think that there is no proof that reincarnation was once in the Bible and then taken out. I think it's just a fantasy and you may want to read this and see what you think now. http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4222727/k.4FCD/Was_Reincarnation_Ever_in_the_Bible.htm

At a guess - and this really is a guess - it's in the interpretation. Talking about being "born again" into another, better life and so on could be read as being reincarnated rather than the whole Heaven deal. So much of the Bible comes down to translation/interpretation choices.

Hi PQ, I will be short on this and hope that it will clear things for you. There never was anything written in the christian bible that we would be reincarnated. Maybe some were referring to the passages about being born again but that was when we accept Christ and are "born again". I say this because the bible says that the writings are as they were and will ever be. Nothing will change, not one jot or tittle.

Reincarnation is not and has never been a Bible teaching.

hi dear PQ the statement you refer to is in Proverbs where it says there is nothing new under the sun, I guess. And there is another sentence in the Bible saying that we die once and then there will be judgement so I dont think there are reincarnations for us. (relieving cause I might have to come back as a fly or cockroach..... ewwwwww)

That is not true since Jesus said, "I am the way , the truth and the life". He didn't say that He is the way through reincarnation. he came back to life as who he was as a Human as well