Reincarnation debunked in 5 seconds.

[YosefHayim]

Reincarnation: a person or animal in whom a particular soul is believed to have been reborn
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re·incarna·tion
RE Again
IN-CARN: "Made flesh".

Again into the carnal.

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Romans 8:6​

THE DEVIL TWISTS GOD'S TRUTHS INTO PERVERTED LIES:
•Reincarnation says you are born again into the curse of the carnal flesh.
• JESUS CHRIST said you must be born again by the Spirit.

• If one believes in reincarnation, they die more than once. They see a second death.
• Those who are born again into the Spirit through faith in Jesus Christ, escape the second death (Rev 2:11, 21:8), and only die once, for they have eternal life.

 

[Obadiah]

Are there a lot of Christians today that believe in reincarnation? I hadn't been hearing that, but then I don't really hang around in the more religiously liberal or "New Age" circles, nor am I Mormon. Are there a lot in these other circles that believe in this?

 

[Michael74]

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: Hebrews 9:27KJV

This also.

 

[Christ_empowered]

I don't know about reincarnation, but other elements of the odd mix of post-modern relativism and mysticism have crept into the church, along with behavior that makes a lot of Christians...almost exactly like the world. The Barna Group does studies on this sort of thing, if you're interested.

To be fair, part of the issue is that identifying as a Christian in the US is often based on an experience--being Born Again--and not on much more than that. I read an essay about it...something about experience-seeking culture, blah blah blah.

But yeah, reincarnation...did the Gnostics believe in that? The Scriptures are fairly clear. Daniel 12:2, for instance.

 

[Milk-Drops]

Reincarnation has it'd roots in buhdism, jainism, hinuism, and Sihkism. There religions believe in a spiritual caste system where a person is born and reborn into castes based on a karma system. It'd completely different from the Christian concept of immortal souls.

 

[Malachi]

Reincarnation has it'd roots in buhdism, jainism, hinuism, and Sihkism. There religions believe in a spiritual caste system where a person is born and reborn into castes based on a karma system. It'd completely different from the Christian concept of immortal souls.

However, one of the Gnostic "Christian" theologians -- Origen -- also believed in and promoted reincarnation. Origen was not regarded an an Early Church Father because of his controverisal teachings.

Our teaching on the subject of the resurrection is not, as Celsus imagines, derived from anything that we have heard on the doctrine of metempsychosis; but we know that the soul, which is immaterial and invisible in its nature, exists in no material place, without having a body suited to the nature of that place. Accordingly, it at one time puts off one body which was necessary before, but which is no longer adequate in its changed state, and it exchanges it for a second; and at another time it assumes another in addition to the former, which is needed as a better covering, suited to the purer ethereal regions of heaven. When it comes into the world at birth, it casts off the integuments which it needed in the womb; and before doing this, it puts on another body suited for its life upon earth.

"Origen, Contra Celsum (248 CE). Book VII, Ch. XXXII. Frederick Crombie's translation into English is available online".

 

[turnorburn]

No reincarnation here..

Luke 16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

tob

 

[jeff77]

My wife has friends and some family that are spiritualist. The particular type of spiritualism that they believe in places a lot of importance on communicating with the dead through mediums and reincarnation. That doesn't make much sense if you think about it. If you reincarnate how can you communicate with the dead. They also somehow believe in parts of the Bible. The scriptures Yosefhayim has provided are pretty clear that you cannot find reincarnation in the Bible.

 

[jeff77]

No reincarnation here..

Luke 16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

tob

Good post!

 

[YosefHayim]

Are there a lot of Christians today that believe in reincarnation? I hadn't been hearing that, but then I don't really hang around in the more religiously liberal or "New Age" circles, nor am I Mormon. Are there a lot in these other circles that believe in this?

I was speaking of general reincarnation in various religions and sects. I've never personally met any Christians that believed in reincarnation [albeit I met a so-called catholic at my nondenom church who had a pluralistic worldview, I forget if he believed reincarnation though. He was very occultic in his thinking], but there have been attempts to link reincarnation to Christianity throughout history in a desperate effort to refute Christianity. I remember reading a good apologetics article concerning the notion that the early church had doctrines of reincarnation. I can't find it right now. But for "Christians" to believe such would be no surprise

Here's a statistic from The Supernatural Worldview by Cris Putnam:

A 2009 Barna Group survey sought to determine how many Americans hold to a biblical worldview. For the survey, a biblical worldview was defined as follows:

Believing that absolute moral truth exists; the Bible is totally accurate in all the principles it teaches; Satan is considered to be a real being or force, not merely symbolic; a person cannot earn their way into Heaven by trying to be good or do good works; Jesus Christ lived a sinless life on earth; and God is all-knowing, all-powerful creator of the world who still rules the universe today
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The data revealed that less than 9 percent of Americans have a biblical worldview. Even amongst folks who claimed the title "born again," the percentage was a dismal 19 percent. If most self-proclaimed Christians do not have a Supernatural Worldview, our evangelism faces a serious problem.​

Scripture says "For we are not as MANY which corrupt the word of God"

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