No way. Christianity has always been quite clear that there is for each of us one death, and after that the judgement, and then eternity of reaping the consequences of our decisions, in heaven or hell. What redo's we get are all in this one life, not endlessly, later.
Anything that lessens one's sense of the uniqueness of each human person, and their irreplaceable role, loved into being by the Creator for precisely the time they are in, is IMO actually both dangerous and harmful as a worldview.
There is not a single reference in the New Testament to reincarnation, nor of course is there any mention of it in the Old Testament.
The earliest Christian writings, by Polycarp, Ignatious, Clement, etc also are quite clear about Chrisian belief and I challenge you to produce a single reference in them or anywhere else, that indicates Christian belief in reincarnation.
What about this is compelling? I listened but Butterworth himself says “there is no proof that reincarnation is true, but there is no proof that it isn’t”. Sorry, that, stacked against earliest Christian writers, some writing within living memory of the apostles, and virtually all of these writers dying as martyrs is far more compelling than someone’s mere opinion of what “helps them understand things”.
No way. Christianity has always been quite clear that there is for each of us one death, and after that the judgement, and then eternity of reaping the consequences of our decisions, in heaven or hell. What redo's we get are all in this one life, not endlessly, later.
Anything that lessens one's sense of the uniqueness of each human person, and their irreplaceable role, loved into being by the Creator for precisely the time they are in, is IMO actually both dangerous and harmful as a worldview.
There is not a single reference in the New Testament to reincarnation, nor of course is there any mention of it in the Old Testament.
The earliest Christian writings, by Polycarp, Ignatious, Clement, etc also are quite clear about Chrisian belief and I challenge you to produce a single reference in them or anywhere else, that indicates Christian belief in reincarnation.
What about this is compelling? I listened but Butterworth himself says “there is no proof that reincarnation is true, but there is no proof that it isn’t”. Sorry, that, stacked against earliest Christian writers, some writing within living memory of the apostles, and virtually all of these writers dying as martyrs is far more compelling than someone’s mere opinion of what “helps them understand things”.