Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: emory!dragon!cms@gatech.edu Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Reincarnation and Christianity Message-ID: Date: 19 Mar 91 04:26:09 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Computer Projects Unlimited Lines: 41 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , sucram@cat.de (Marcus Halbe) writes: > Hi! > > We're having a controversial discussion here in Germany whether > there has been the concept of cyclic reincarnation of the soul > through several physical bodies at sometime in christianity. > > Some here state that this was so and that at some time during > the 8th or 9th century, during some convent, this was abolished. > > I would be grateful for information. I know of at least one professor at my university who sincerely believes in reincarnation today; he is a self-professed Christian. I had a conversation with him about this once, and he said that early Christianity had a strong belief in reincarnation and he has simply gone back to the primitive church. I seem to recall that his theory is based on some kind of gnosticism but I'm not sure. I think he mentioned that the passage in the NT (Corinthians, I think) in which Paul references "baptizing on behalf of the dead" but I'm not sure what that has to do with reincarnation. For my part, reincarnation seems illogical on its own merits. After all, once there were millions of people on earth; now there are billions. Where did all those extra souls come from? > Greetings, > Marcus -- Sincerely, Cindy Smith _///_ // SPAWN OF A JEWISH _///_ // _///_ // <`)= _<< CARPENTER _///_ //<`)= _<< <`)= _<< _///_ // \\\ \\ \\ _\\\_ <`)= _<< \\\ \\ \\\ \\ <`)= _<< >IXOYE=('> \\\ \\ \\\ \\_///_ // // /// _///_ // _///_ // emory!dragon!cms <`)= _<< _///_ // <`)= _<< <`)= _<< \\\ \\<`)= _<< \\\ \\ \\\ \\ GO AGAINST THE FLOW! \\\ \\ A Real Live Catholic in Georgia Although not a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court, I am: A Real Live Southern Catholic in the Anglican Communion.