Christianity rejects reincarnation for the following reasons:
Reincarnation cannot account for itself. Why are our souls imprisoned in bodies? Is it just punishment for evils we committed in past reincarnations? But why were those past reincarnations necessary? For the same reason. But the beginning of the process that justly imprisoned our souls in bodies in the first place-this must have antedated the series of bodies. How could we have committed evil in the state of perfect, pure, heavenly spirituality? Further, if we sinned in that paradise, it is not paradisical after all. Yet that is the state that reincarnation is supposed to lead us back to after all our embodied yearnings are over.
In short, no.
Much has been made by some groups about John the Baptist being Elijah, but the passages give nothing to indicate that it is the same person returning. It's simply a turn of phrase to suggest they are operating in the same spirit, namely to prepare the way for a greater one who would follow (for John this was Jesus, for Elijah it was Elisha).
No. At least, mainstream Christians don't.
The Bible is not clear on the issue of reincarnation. Different groups of Christians believe different things.
No, Christians believe in heaven.
Christians do not believe in reincarnation. Christians believe in Heaven.
Hinduism doesn't specifically preclude ancillary belief in Christian theological concepts, but Christian theology is not a part of Hindu belief. In Hinduism, karma and reincarnation are important. The Second Coming is a kind of reincarnation, if you think about it.
Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs believe in reincarnation.
you believe in reincarnation
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Hindus, Buddhists and some Muslims believe in reincarnation.
Reincarnation is not of Islam beliefs.
Mark Albrecht has written: 'Reincarnation' 'Reincarnation, a Christian appraisal' -- subject(s): Christianity, Reincarnation
Hinduism firnly believe in Reincarnation (punarjanma). They believe that according to your deeds you are awarded life again.
AnswerReincarnation seems to have been implicit in the teachings of the early Gnostic Christians.Origin, an early Church Father, also taught of reincarnation. The doctrine of reincarnation has never been explicitly repudiated by the Church, although many Christian theologians have dismissed or derided it. However, in practice, modern Christians believe a soul is born once.
I might believe in reincarnation, but then again I might not