(April 7, 2015 at 1:29 pm)emjay Wrote:(April 7, 2015 at 1:06 pm)Jenny A Wrote: Actually, there was a time in which many Christians believed that their physical bodies would come with them to heaven. That is the reason the Christian church had such a problem with cremation. The resurection of Jesus, and the bodies rising out of their graves when Jesus was cruxified are sited by those Christians for that belief. In Corinthians Paul suggests otherwise. These links lays out the arguments fairly well. Refiner's Fire What the Bible Says
Nevertheless these are all good questions. It's even harder to define it you think about it in terms of reincarnation rather than heaven. Just what is this soul that's moving into new bodies?
Well the Buddha, to my knowledge, didn't believe in a soul at all and all that came later as religions sprang up from his teachings. Buddhism prior to all that is very logical and scientific, incredible for its day.
Anyway I can't believe what just happened there with my argument going down like a ton of bricks. How am I supposed to get anywhere if even Atheists will tear apart an Atheist argument before it has even been heard by the people it's aimed at?
More earthy and naturalistic yes, scientific, absolutely not. Buddhism was still not written as a science, it was written as inspiration, it was mental masturbation like all religions are.
