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: rb65@prism.gatech.edu (Butera, Robert J.) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Reincarnation Message-ID: Date: 7 Jun 91 03:09:33 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Georgia Tech Research Institute - ESML Lines: 28 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article blind@brahms.udel.edu (Rebecca Carlisle Blind) writes: > >but according to my friend maybe there is time before we go to heaven >and in thyat time we are reincarnated and we continue to do that until >we are perfect enough to be be with God. If anyone can give me some >insight I would be very happy. Thanks in advance. >God Bless You >Lisle Blind > Your friend sounds quite Hindu or Krishna-like to me. One of the major tenets of Christianity revolves around what happens when we die! If we are saved, we will be with Christ in heaven, if not, we'll be in Hell. There is no middle ground or period of waiting - the Roman Catholic Church renounced the concept of purgatory years ago. Maybe reincarnation is a form of hell, but it sure isn't salvation. I reccomend the book "Life in the Afterlife" by Tim LaHaye published by Tyndale House in 1981. It explores reports of "out of body" experiences by people who have nearly died (or clinically died) and compares the similarities in their accounts with scripture. It also does a rather exhaustive study of all the accounts of heaven and hell in scripture. -- Robert J. Butera, Jr. Georgia Tech Research Institute Internet: rb65@prism.gatech.edu "My opinions, not Georgia Tech's"