Do you believe in reincarnation, and why?

I don't rule it out.

I talked with someone who had given it a lot of thought when I was in college. He said that what leaves us when someone dies is simply the organization. There is this paradox of nature, that it is simultaneously wasteful and conservative. Think of maple seedlings. A mature tree produces thousands and thousands of them and only a tiny few will ever sprout. The others simply recycle. So nothing is really wasted. That's the pro side.

Then I heard someone say that what we call the soul is really your relationship with other people. So, following that line of reasoning, you are alive as long as people remember you. That was essentially, what my father's Presbyterian minister said, in a private conversation, at my father's memorial.

That's the median strip.

Ambivalence is a sign of maturity. On those occasions where I have been totally committed to one path without regard to any possible downside, I have painted the wall with the Ferrari on the second turn every time.

So, if you behave as if you expect to come back this way again, regardless of whether you want to put your weight on it, you probably will treat the people around you as you would prefer to be treated. And that's not all bad.

Getting two thumbs down on this answer confirms my opinion of this forum. If reincarnation means that I would have to deal with people who are like that, I'll take the "No thank you" option.

What does the Bible say about reincarnation?"

The concept of reincarnation is completely without foundation in the Bible, which clearly tells us that we die once and then face judgment (Hebrews 9:27). The Bible never mentions people having a second chance at life or coming back as different people or animals. Jesus told the criminal on the cross, "Today you will be with me in paradise" (Luke 23:43), not "You will have another chance to live a life on this earth." Matthew 25:46 specifically tells us that believers go on to eternal life while unbelievers go onto eternal punishment. Reincarnation has been a popular belief for thousands of years, but it has never been accepted by Christians or followers of Judaism because it is contradictory to Scripture.

The one passage that some point to as evidence for reincarnation is Matthew 17:10-12 which links John the Baptist with Elijah. However, the passage does not say that John the Baptist was Elijah reincarnated but that he would have fulfilled the prophecy of Elijah's coming if the people had believed his words and thereby believed in Jesus as the Messiah (Matthew 17:12). The people specifically asked John the Baptist if he was Elijah, and he said, "No, I am not" (John 1:21).

Belief in reincarnation is an ancient phenomenon and is a central tenet within the majority of Indian religious traditions, such as Hinduism, Sikhism, and Jainism. Many modern pagans also believe in reincarnation as do some New Age movements, along with followers of spiritism. For the Christian, however, there can be no doubt: reincarnation is unbiblical and must be rejected as false

The Bible says that when a person dies, nothing survives. Death is like a deep, dreamless sleep. There will be a resurrection of the dead. This is not a reincarnation but a bringing back to life of the same personality. For most people, the resurrection will be to life on earth. It will take place after God brings the present wicked system to its end. Sickness, suffering, even the necessity to die, will become things of the past. The Bible's hope of a resurrection is more appealing to me than reincarnation.

You think?? Because I wonder what a pizza or burger would say to that. What does it matter what you were in the previous birth? In that story two people rose from the death, Jesus and Judas. Jesus went somewhere and Judas became the undead. So where's the justice?

I most certainly do KNOW (not to be confused with belief) that reincarnation is in fact REAL. I've had out of body experiences and saw my niece reincarnating before she was born. I swear its true. Plus, I've seen ghosts and have had many other strange experiences.

Ever since awakening I do believe in reincarnation. I see the changes that occur in our lives as new beginnings from an entity of our past or a relative from our past, however the awakening I had in 2005 was so intense I believe there was a true "soul exchange". This is known as a "walk-in".

In 2008 I ran into someone who shared this phenomenon with me and was convinced that this is what happened. I had no problem believing him. Never giving it a second thought until this past year when I am sitting in a psychologists office explaining to him about this new foreign life as well as not remembering much about the past life. He eventually asked me if I was a walk-in and I said yes. It seems so odd because one would think it is dissociative identity disorder.

This concept is hard for Westerners to grasp and it is even hard for me to totally give in to . Because of the memories that are interwoven into me as well as doctrine I the new spirit carry her old baggage. Odd isn't it? There is a "walk-in" group on YA. We all seem to understand one another.

Peace, joy and overflowing blessings to you.

Mudslinger

I don't believe in reincarnation but i do believe in the Resurrection The bible does teach that at john 5:28,29. also Acts 24:15 also Revelation 20:13,14.

You live once, you die once but for Christians, when Jesus comes back, we will receive new bodies with no defects. You have once chance in this life and make the best of it by repenting, accept Jesus as your Lord and savior and follow him. Choose the right path.

Yes it is because you have children these days with high IQ's and act like adult because they were born that way. Also there was this one kid that was born though I don't know the name of the person. She said that she was this one other kid that go killed and her father was going to come get her. It was a big news thing on that kid that got murdered and she never knew about it and yet she claimed that.

No the bible clearly says in genesis for dust you are and to dust you shall return dosent mention any other options for people to go.