Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: 90babcock@gw.wmich.edu Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Reincarnation Message-ID: Date: 15 Jun 91 05:54:12 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Western Michigan University Lines: 28 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , rb65@prism.gatech.edu (Butera, Robert J.) writes: > In article blind@brahms.udel.edu (Rebecca Carlisle Blind) writes: >> > 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. > The Roman Catholic Church did not renounce the teachings on purgatory. The scriptures do point to many places of afterlife, few of which can be labelled as a "Hell" or "Heaven." Teachings on Hell and Heaven speak to the point that these places are permanent. The places in the scriptures are not always permanat abodes for the dead. We hear of Gehenna, Sheol Hades and the Pit. When Christ rose from the dead many spirits appeared in the city of Jerusalem. Certainly these people were not in any permanant place. The creed states "descended to the dead." Or sometimes "into Hell." The Catholic Church teaches that purgatiry is a temorary places that one may go after death. To be purged, i.e. cleaned. It may be a place of reparation, and usually consists in a great deal of suffering. Many people that live a life with God are not prepared to face His glory immediately upon death. Peace be with you. Jeff Babcock Western Michigan University