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Pastimes : History's effect on Religion -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (214)	8/4/2005 1:06:13 PM
From: Alastair McIntosh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 520

Reincarnation was also a belief of early Christians. The early Christian writings (suppressed by the Roman literalists) such as the Pistis Sophia, the Book of the Saviour and the Secret Book of John embrace the idea of reincarnation. The early Christian philosopher Origen also believed that all souls would be eventually be saved by repeated incarnations. Similarly, the Resurrection was originally construed by Christians to be a spiritual rather than a physical event.

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (214)	8/4/2005 1:30:41 PM
From: Greg or e	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 520

It sounds to me that you are quite clearly campaigning for some sort of synchronistic Pantheism as being ultimately "True", and Christianity in particular as ultimately false. All of this is being done behind a veneer of open mindedness that so far I have not seen evidenced. I think it is entirely unfair of you to intimate that I am a bigot because of simple disagreement. You do not need to threaten me with banning. If you want to have a closed discussion I will simply leave at your request. I will make an attempt to read back, but your initial response has not instilled much confidence that there is room for meaningful discussion here.