Persuasive Essay On Reincarnation
Celeste Green
III English
Ms. Tinnon
3/13/13
Reincarnation
Everyone is a traveler from eternity to eternity, learning the way of wisdom as they come and go; learning at last that all life is the expression of life, evolving from lower forms to higher; that birth and death are phases of the ceaseless law of change widely known as reincarnation. The concept of past lives goes back to the times of ancient Egypt, India, Rome, and Greece. The Greek philosophers Pythagoras, Plato, Virgil, Ovid, Socrates, Aristotle, and Aquinas have embraced it in their philosophies and some have gone as far as to teach it (Tichenor 6). With a stall in the scientific interest, reincarnation was almost forgotten but in the last couple of decades the spark of belief in reincarnation has drawn attention and continues to gain recognition among researchers, medical professionals, and the general public. A 2001 Gallup poll revealed that approximately 25% of the population of the United States alone believes in reincarnation (Tichenor 4). With many people …show more content…
The King James Version is the closest version to the original tongues and is the “purest” translation in English around the world. First, a question arises from the book of Job, “If a man die, shall he live again?” He then continues to say, “All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come,” (Job 14:14). As taught in the Bible, the soul is naturally divine and therefore immortal until it has reached ultimate salvation. God then states, “And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you,” (Ezekiel 11:19); reaffirming the life after death, or in better words, reincarnation. The Lord then goes to describe the reincarnation cycle with the spirit and flesh. According to the Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, history of the human life is to be understood as the immortal, glorified condition regarding body and soul (Tenney
III English
Ms. Tinnon
3/13/13
Reincarnation
Everyone is a traveler from eternity to eternity, learning the way of wisdom as they come and go; learning at last that all life is the expression of life, evolving from lower forms to higher; that birth and death are phases of the ceaseless law of change widely known as reincarnation. The concept of past lives goes back to the times of ancient Egypt, India, Rome, and Greece. The Greek philosophers Pythagoras, Plato, Virgil, Ovid, Socrates, Aristotle, and Aquinas have embraced it in their philosophies and some have gone as far as to teach it (Tichenor 6). With a stall in the scientific interest, reincarnation was almost forgotten but in the last couple of decades the spark of belief in reincarnation has drawn attention and continues to gain recognition among researchers, medical professionals, and the general public. A 2001 Gallup poll revealed that approximately 25% of the population of the United States alone believes in reincarnation (Tichenor 4). With many people …show more content…
The King James Version is the closest version to the original tongues and is the “purest” translation in English around the world. First, a question arises from the book of Job, “If a man die, shall he live again?” He then continues to say, “All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come,” (Job 14:14). As taught in the Bible, the soul is naturally divine and therefore immortal until it has reached ultimate salvation. God then states, “And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you,” (Ezekiel 11:19); reaffirming the life after death, or in better words, reincarnation. The Lord then goes to describe the reincarnation cycle with the spirit and flesh. According to the Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, history of the human life is to be understood as the immortal, glorified condition regarding body and soul (Tenney