How Conditional Immortality Truths Release from Hindu Fears
- There are not going to be millions of rebirths. Because man does not have an immortal soul, he cannot be re-born into this world.
To the Greek Socrates, death was a gain; to the atheist, it is a total loss; to the Hindu, “it all depends”- it all depends on his deeds during this life.
We avoid the Greek Philosophical meaning of “soul”, nor do we base our teaching on the Hindu Vedas, Upanishads, or religious epics, but on the Bible, which is the inspired and infallible word of God. I recollect being told that when Pastor Geo. Brown first came to Auckland, many Christians searched the Scriptures for every reference to soul, some even staying up all night with their concordances. They were sure they would find some reference to “immortal soul”. Not finding any, they were convinced and embraced the doctrine of Conditional Immortality
To the Christian, death is an “enemy”, but not an enemy to be feared, because it is to be destroyed b Christ. ” The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death” (1 Cor 15:26) [Read more...]
Another name for it transmigration. In today’s Western world this doctrine has become popular. It is part of the New Age beliefs; it is popularised by such people as the actress Shirley McCaine, and by others who declare they can remember something of their previous life or lives. Most of us have met people with this belief.