Why is reincarnation not taught in Christian chuches?

Christians don't follow jesus's teachings that's why! If Jesus was GOD, then why in Mark 12:29 Jesus said "Here, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord. " The words "our God" indicate that Jesus had a higher God over him, a stronger God than him.

Jesus didn't say "Your God". He said "our God" which includes Jesus as the creation of GOD If Jesus was GOD, then why in John 20:17 Jesus said I ascend to my God and your God? This tells us that we and Jesus have a common GOD If Jesus was GOD, then why in John 8:28 Jesus said "I do nothing of myself"?

Can't GOD do anything he wills? If Jesus was GOD, then why in John 14:28 Jesus said "My Father (GOD) is greater than I"? If Jesus was GOD, then why in Luke 23:46 Jesus said "Father (GOD), into thy hands I commend my spirit"?

If Jesus was GOD, then why in Matthew 19:16 Jesus said "Why call me good, there is none good but One, that is GOD"? If Jesus was GOD, then why in Matthew 26:39 Jesus begged his GOD to have mercy on him and to pass the cup to death (kill Jesus in another words) before Jesus goes through the pain of crucifixion? Also see: Jesus's crucifixion in Islam If Jesus was GOD, then why in John 18:38 he didn't reply when he was asked about the truth?

If Jesus was GOD, then why in Matthew 24:36 Jesus told his followers that no one (including Jesus) knows when the judgment day will come, only GOD knows? If Jesus was GOD, then why in Isiah 11:2-3 GOD had put the spirit of fearing GOD in Jesus? If Jesus was GOD, then why in John 5:31 Jesus told his followers that if he (Jesus) bears witness of himself, then his record is not true?

If Jesus was GOD, then why in John 5:30 Jesus told his followers that he can't do a single thing of his own initiative?

Christians do not teach it because it is not a Christian doctrine. No, Jesus did not teach reincarnation. If reincarnation is true, and after death a person returns as someone else, the Moses and Elijah would not still have existed as themselves to appear in spiritual form.

If the Christian belief that once a person dies they go to heaven and remain there forever as themselves, then Moses and Elijah could have reappeared with Jesus. Jesus did tackle the issue of reincarnation. He was asked by his disciples if a man who had been born blind was that way because of his parent's sins or his own sins.It would be impossible for someone to sin before they were born unless there was a cycle of reincarnation and it was punishment from an earlier life.

So the disciples were wanting to know if reincarnation existed. Jesus answer was 'Neither this man or his parent sins to cause this." This shows that he did not believe in a cycle of reincarnation based on karma, as it demands that your condition today is "punishment" for your failure to achieve nirvana in your previous life - it was because of "sin".

Nor was it the results of something his parents had done because God does not punish us for another person's sins. Rather, Jesus said, he was born blind so that there would be an opportunity to demonstrate the power of God. And then he healed the man to show that power.

The Bible does NOT teach the doctrine of reincarnation, but rather speaks against it.

I read the headline of your question and decided to answer "Because it's not supported in Scripture. " After reading your additional details, I'm going to stick with "Because it's not supported in Scripture" and now ask that you show where do you think it is found in Scripture. _____ EDIT: I read Matthew 17 and I'm still not sure where the evidence for reincarnation is.

Moses and Elijah appear as themselves - not in the body of someone else. Jesus then says Elijah will first come to restore all things and this was John the Baptist. He is not saying John was the reincarnated Elijah.

John is a NT parallel to the OT Elijah. _____ EDIT: Okay, if the disciples though Jesus was talking about reincarnation, why do we see it only in this one spot? Wouldn't we see something important like that mentioned more than once, especially if that is how the disciples understood it (and we all know how well they understood the teachings of Jesus)?

_____ EDIT: I'm not really sure how Matthew 13:11-12 works for your argument. All I see is Jesus quoting the OT. And yes, Jesus has been called the second Adam, but no where does Scripture say Jesus IS Adam.

He is the second Adam because it was the first Adam who made mankind fall and now it is the second Adam, the seed of Eve who will strike the serpent's head, who will redeem mankind for Adam's sin. Again we see more parallelism in the OT and the NT. ____ EDIT: Might?

I have to be honest, I think reincarnation is a long shot. I'm not convinced there's evidence that supports it.

The same reason the Koran teaches gender equality, while sharia law encourages violence and degradation of women. Religion is just another way to manipulate people. Over time, these attempts at manipulation will begin to distort the original message and disagree with each other.Ironically..."god only knows" what that original message was.

The Lord never spoke about us being reincarnated at the end of our physical life.....however he does say that our corruptable bodies that do die and sleep in the grave will be changed into uncorruptable bodies upon our ressurrection........... gotquestions.org/resurrection….

Some Christians are also known for being hatemongers (the Westboro Baptist church, and that's NOT in the Bible, and "good white Christians" who blew up "black" Christian churches with people in them.

I don't think Jesus taught it in the Bible! I have not seen any evidence for it from the Bible or anywhere in the Church for that matter! I'll be more than happy to hear you out if you can give me some examples.

Reincarnation: The Missing Link in Christianity," by Elizabeth Clare Prophet, provides some answers.

Hmm. I have never heard of this. Care to elaborate?

I honestly am curious.

Jesus absolutely did not teach reincarnation.

Reincarnation is not Biblical and Jesus never taught it.

For it is ordained for man ONCE to die and then the Judgement.

Then it's high time we create a new cult of Christianity that preaches a belief in that now, dammit.

Masturbation isn't a sin, yet Christians say it is.

Because it's not true. You only get one chance in life to past the test of God.

What Truth is Taught in christianity...down to the Saviour's Name is False...

We don't believe in that...JESUS SAID WE CAN BE OURSELVES again with new bodies..

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.