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”.
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”.