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: smith@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (James Roy Smith jr) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Reincarnation Message-ID: Date: 9 Jun 91 19:23:24 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Northwestern University Lines: 21 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article blind@brahms.udel.edu (Rebecca Carlisle Blind) writes: > >He does >believe that it is a possibility because he says that he has found no >where in the Bible anything against reincarnation. > >Lisle Blind > Hebrews 9:27-8 says, "Just as man is destined to die once and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people;" This is one verse that sticks out in my mind that certainly does not support any type of reincarnation view. I would say to your friend that no where in the Bible is there anything in support of reincarnation. The Bible doesn't say that we will be recycled into some other life form when we die. It says we die and face judgment and that's it. --- Jim Smith Northwestern University smith@casbah.acns.nwu.edu