Afterlife

Bendee · #1 (**permalink**) 29th October 2006, 08:47 PM

I myself was curious about this subject. I received this
information about the Unity Christian view on the afterlife from a
Unitarian Christian.

"Life After Death: Unity defines heaven and hell as conditions in
the here and now. They are not places where people go to spend
eternity. Some members believe in a reincarnation. After death the
soul is believed to leave the body, and to live again in another
human body. This is/was a common belief among:

present day Eastern religions

the early Christian Church prior to the Council of Constantinople in
533 CE.

the Essenes, one of the three major Jewish sects while Jesus was
alive.

They cite references from the Christian Scriptures which show that
the concept of reincarnation was common during Jesus' time. In the
Gospels of Matthew and Mark , John the Baptist is referred to as the
reincarnation of Elija. In Matthew, some of the populace guessed
that Jesus was a reincarnation of John the Baptist; others guessed
Elija; still others guessed Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.
Jesus neither criticized the people for their beliefs, nor declared
reincarnation to be heresy.

Among believers in reincarnation, each lifetime is viewed as a time
of preparation for the next life, leading towards eventual
perfection.

Others within the Unity Church believe that one's personality does
not survive death, but that we become spiritual beings after we die.
Unity is an unusually inclusive faith group and welcomes diversity
of belief."

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