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Religion

Karadeniz

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5. Abrahamic religions

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 4, 2019, 01:54 PM

Mar 2019

There may be more to Abrahamic religions. The Saducees, I've read, believed in reincarnation, as did the Essenes. If you don't understand me, I would suggest that dogma has replaced an in-depth understanding. I've been in lots of Sunday school classes and witnessed everyone trying to force a dogmatism interpretation onto the parables. It won't work.

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There Are Many Negative "Human Characteristics." [View all] MineralMan Mar 2019 OP

The Christian explanation... Karadeniz Mar 2019 #1

Abrahamic religions don't do reincarnation Voltaire2 Mar 2019 #2

Sounds like a form of reconstituted Gnosticism. marylandblue Mar 2019 #3

Reconstituted Gnosticism Karadeniz Mar 2019 #7

Knorr Instant Gnostic Soup! MineralMan Mar 2019 #10

Sorry, I've had it before. :) marylandblue Mar 2019 #11

Abrahamic religions Karadeniz Mar 2019 #5

They did not believe in reincarnation marylandblue Mar 2019 #6

Reincarnation Karadeniz Mar 2019 #8

I doubt that came from any reliable modern scholar marylandblue Mar 2019 #9

OK. I see... MineralMan Mar 2019 #4