Do you believe in reincarnation?
Yes or No, do give your reasons to arrive at that conclusion.
51-55, M
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redredred · M
No. I can see no adaptive benefit for reincarnation nor any mechanism that would power such a complex process.
Human females are born with their lifetime supply of eggs most of which, like the perm in men, will be wasted. Am I to believe that somehow a mechanism exists that will tag one of those eggs and one of those sperm cells are allocated for an eventual dead human? Seems pretty hard to believe.
Human females are born with their lifetime supply of eggs most of which, like the perm in men, will be wasted. Am I to believe that somehow a mechanism exists that will tag one of those eggs and one of those sperm cells are allocated for an eventual dead human? Seems pretty hard to believe.
HakunaMatata · 51-55, M
@redredred it is believed the soul enters the body at the time of conception or later. That's a thought too...
HakunaMatata · 51-55, M
@redredred you exist. That's proof of life. Can you prove your life force?
We haven't had a baby crawl out of a test tube yet. Does that mean life doesn't exist?
Does life exist because the Bible says so? Does reincarnation not exist because Bible says so?
Again this is not to disrespect any opinion you hold on this matter. My life has taught me to be open to any experience on the basis of "my own individual experience" .
We haven't had a baby crawl out of a test tube yet. Does that mean life doesn't exist?
Does life exist because the Bible says so? Does reincarnation not exist because Bible says so?
Again this is not to disrespect any opinion you hold on this matter. My life has taught me to be open to any experience on the basis of "my own individual experience" .
@HakunaMatata God has not left us to guess. God made us a living soul. He breathed life into us. Genesis 2:7. That is the Spirit of life in us. The soul is then come alive, which is the essence of a living being, comprising of mental abilities.... reasoning, character, feeling, Consciousness, memory, perception, thinking, etc. Without the Spirit, we wouldn't be here, and it never dies. Here are some verses:
Then shall the dust (dead) return to the Earth as it was, and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. Ecclesiastes 12:7
What happens to the dead? Daniel 12:2 - Those who sleep in the dust of the Earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And this is not determined by "good works", as to where we spend eternity. God sets the standard, not man. We are saved by grace [unearned favor from Christ] through faith in Christ Jesus and not by our own efforts or works. Ephesians 2:8-9 Grace alone, means that God loves, forgives, and saves us not because of who we are or what we do, but because of the work of Christ on the cross, who paid for our sins with His atoning blood. Our best efforts can never be good enough to earn salvation, but God declares us righteous when we ask Him to forgive us of our sins, for Christ's sake, not ours. We received that grace through faith alone. God even gives us the face that trusts him. We are not saved by obeying a list of do's and don'ts, but by grace through faith in Christ. Our Salvation is in God's hands. That's good news: the gospel.
For the body without the spirit is dead. James 2:26
Jesus gave great hope when he said man cannot kill the soul in Matthew 10 verse 28.
According to Genesis 2:7, God did not make a body and put a soul into it like you would a letter into an envelope of dust. Rather, he formed man's body from the dust, then, by breathing Divine breath into it, he made the body of dust live. The dust did not embody a soul, but it became a living Soul, a whole creature, from Christ breathing life into it.
Then shall the dust (dead) return to the Earth as it was, and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. Ecclesiastes 12:7
What happens to the dead? Daniel 12:2 - Those who sleep in the dust of the Earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And this is not determined by "good works", as to where we spend eternity. God sets the standard, not man. We are saved by grace [unearned favor from Christ] through faith in Christ Jesus and not by our own efforts or works. Ephesians 2:8-9 Grace alone, means that God loves, forgives, and saves us not because of who we are or what we do, but because of the work of Christ on the cross, who paid for our sins with His atoning blood. Our best efforts can never be good enough to earn salvation, but God declares us righteous when we ask Him to forgive us of our sins, for Christ's sake, not ours. We received that grace through faith alone. God even gives us the face that trusts him. We are not saved by obeying a list of do's and don'ts, but by grace through faith in Christ. Our Salvation is in God's hands. That's good news: the gospel.
For the body without the spirit is dead. James 2:26
Jesus gave great hope when he said man cannot kill the soul in Matthew 10 verse 28.
According to Genesis 2:7, God did not make a body and put a soul into it like you would a letter into an envelope of dust. Rather, he formed man's body from the dust, then, by breathing Divine breath into it, he made the body of dust live. The dust did not embody a soul, but it became a living Soul, a whole creature, from Christ breathing life into it.
redredred · M
@HakunaMatata extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. Do you have a shred of evidence(let alone proof) that this invisible life force exists and can survive death and re-enter a fetus? Dont quote scripture or claim some feeling is evidence.