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12-02-2011, 01:20 AM
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Resurrection, not reincarnation!
Warm greetings to all!
It is actually belief in Resurrection, not reincarnation that counts in our present life and will surely count in our Afterlife!
For more information as to why this is, please go to the following page that fully explains it.
Thank you and have a very Blessed day!
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12-02-2011, 02:51 AM
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Guide
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From the article..
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Christianity differs from dualistic ideas that find expression in Eastern religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism, where the body is regarded as something evil in which we are imprisoned and from which we must eventually escape
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I have never heard of Hinduism or Buddhism refer to the body as evil or imprisonment, in the sense that this statement refers to (which I assume is a negative one).
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The idea that one individual would be raised to life and that this resurrection would be the guarantee of a future resurrection of others is never found in Jewish literature of that time. Yet, it is the very foundation of the first, and all subsequent, Christian writings.
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I thought this article was about "resurrection of the body". Not about defending Christianity. This is just one example of this, there were plenty more.
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If all we have described is true, then imagine what hope this can bring to those who are confined to bodies that prevent them from living the sort of lives that most of us experience.
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This might just be me here, but I think this is a bit discriminative? It's almost like an advertisement.
Not trying to be disrespectful- but I read the whole article and these things stuck out to me as, well, strange. It sounds quite biased. I'm not quite sure how this could count in my present life or my 'afterlife'.
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12-02-2011, 03:32 AM
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As a warning, I disagree with the concept of resurrection not reincarnation.
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In this respect Christianity differs from dualistic ideas that find expression in Eastern religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism, where the body is regarded as something evil in which we are imprisoned and from which we must eventually escape.
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Original sin? The need for baptism?
I originally replied to this post because I wanted to argue. It's probably the result of some pent up stress from today. But I won't argue.
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12-02-2011, 04:17 AM
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The only thing that should be strived for is universal harmony.
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12-02-2011, 04:31 AM
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resurrection occurs before death, reincarnation after...
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"Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not from the East or the West, not out of the ocean or up from the ground, not natural or ethereal, not composed of elements at all... I belong to the Beloved, have seen the two worlds as one and that one call to and know, first, last, outer, inner, only that breath breathing human being."
Rumi
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12-02-2011, 04:42 AM
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Word.
(So someone said that in response to one of my posts and I liked it; I am totally being a copy-cat.)
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13-02-2011, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Zeliar791
The only thing that should be strived for is universal harmony.
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Amen nicely said.  |
15-02-2011, 01:56 PM
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Definition: Resurrection refers to the literal coming back to life of the biologically dead. (i.e. the persons physical body)
Reincarnation is different. It refers to the spirit or soul, which is immortal.
Two very different things!
Myer
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15-02-2011, 02:50 PM
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Master
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Originally Posted by Myer
Definition: Resurrection refers to the literal coming back to life of the biologically dead. (i.e. the persons physical body)
Reincarnation is different. It refers to the spirit or soul, which is immortal.
Two very different things!
Myer
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this is only one version of the meaning of the word, another is to make such a great change in the way one views/lives life, that they are resurrected or born again...it can occur without physical death...
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"Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not from the East or the West, not out of the ocean or up from the ground, not natural or ethereal, not composed of elements at all... I belong to the Beloved, have seen the two worlds as one and that one call to and know, first, last, outer, inner, only that breath breathing human being."
Rumi
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16-02-2011, 07:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Myer
Definition: Resurrection refers to the literal coming back to life of the biologically dead. (i.e. the persons physical body)
Reincarnation is different. It refers to the spirit or soul, which is immortal.
Two very different things!
Myer
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Indeed!!! So it is!!! |
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