The Kingdom of the Cults Handbook by Walter Martin

Author:Walter Martin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Cults/Comparative Religions;REL020000
ISBN: 9781493421817
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2019-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

The Reincarnation Theory of Unity

The theory of reincarnation, transmigration, or rebirth is best described briefly as a process where at the death of the body, the soul passes into the bodies of lower animals or other human beings in an ever-rotating cycle (from body to body) until purification from sin is accomplished. When this sinless state has been attained, the soul passes thence to Nirvana (Buddhism) or the dwelling place of Brahma (Hinduism). These places consist of nothing more than “the eternal peace,” reached by absorption of the soul and all vestiges of individual personality into the world soul or whatever philosophical abstraction it may constitute.

In Unity, as in Theosophy, humans reincarnate only as humans, not as lower forms of life. Both Helena Blavatsky and the Fillmores redefined reincarnation to make it more palatable to the Western mind. Blavatsky wrote, “Reincarnation means that this Ego will be furnished with a new body, a new brain, and a new memory.”8

In the case of Unity, reincarnation has been given a new façade. A good deal of “evidence” has been introduced by them to show that the Unity concept of reincarnation is not only logical and rational, but that it is the only “reasonable” solution to many so-called insoluble problems that orthodox Christianity cannot solve.

We shall consider at this time only those evidences most frequently submitted, the remainder being largely peripheral in character.

The Evidence

These four points in one form or another make up the basic premises upon which the theory of reincarnation is based:

(1) There are persons, places, and experiences that we already know—we do not have to become acquainted with them. Somehow, we feel we already recognize them. Have you ever felt that you have been to a place or known a person before you experienced the meeting? This is evidence of reincarnation.

(2) All men are not born equal in regard to either station in life, opportunity, or condition of health. Some babies are born blind, deaf, or diseased—many persons are cut down in the flower of youth. If God is just, He cannot allow such things to happen to the apparently innocent. Therefore, He must be punishing them for their previous sins while in another form, and this will continue on until all are purified of past mistakes. Reincarnation, then, is the only fair evidence of God’s being perfectly just to all men.

(3) Unfinished thoughts and unfinished work abound in everyone’s experience, and God could not justly waste these undeveloped talents. Rather, He gives us countless opportunities to utilize them by supplying concurrent rebirths in which to bring our thoughts and works to fruition.

(4) Many documented and verified cases of persons who have been able to recount their previous lives in detail are recorded in the files of reputable professional hypnotists, psychologists, and research organizations. These cases establish the fact of reincarnation beyond reasonable doubt and are available for evaluation.

Abundant “evidence” is also submitted from the “inspired” writings of numerous Eastern religions and Western cults, but the pattern is always uniformly the same.

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