tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post3942486326236802593..comments2024-03-22T18:43:00.710-04:00Comments on Unam Sanctam Catholicam: Is reincarnation taught in the Scriptures? (part 2)Bonifacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-66371224701124070192019-08-23T15:47:50.971-04:002019-08-23T15:47:50.971-04:00Lol...as if the Bhagavad Gita is the interpretive ...Lol...as if the Bhagavad Gita is the interpretive lens for the Old Testament.Bonifacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-32039045652453873392019-08-23T15:40:15.885-04:002019-08-23T15:40:15.885-04:00Please read the Bhagavad Gita and stop speculating...Please read the Bhagavad Gita and stop speculating, it is as it says, a soul entered an undefiled body, it is "literal" not a metaphor, but real. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818975544319430475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-27989336960748563652014-06-10T17:48:12.949-04:002014-06-10T17:48:12.949-04:00While there were indeed Platonists and Neoplatonis...While there were indeed Platonists and Neoplatonists who believed in reincarnation, it is by no means obvious that Plato himself did:<br />http://www.john-uebersax.com/plato/plato4.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-26706693134563851112010-12-16T21:44:30.435-05:002010-12-16T21:44:30.435-05:00You can't really say it is foreign to the Old ...You can't really say it is foreign to the Old Testament if it is in the Old Testament.Bonifacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-45011834229306750452010-12-16T21:40:25.358-05:002010-12-16T21:40:25.358-05:00Hi,
Your premise that not even liberal scholars v...Hi,<br /><br />Your premise that not even liberal scholars view the passage as not platonic is without proof.<br /><br />The only reason the issue came to my attention was because I saw it come up on the summary on catholicencyclopedia.com, and in my Oxford Study Bible notes which reads,<br /><br />"The preexistence of the soul is implied in "a noble soul fell to my lot"; compare 9.15. The best that can be said for a body is that it is "undefiled". <b> Both these doctines are Platonic and foreign to the OT" </b> (my emphasis)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-84057934058984456502009-09-06T13:23:10.613-04:002009-09-06T13:23:10.613-04:00Please review my blog, Post Topic #9, regarding Je...Please review my blog, Post Topic #9, regarding Jesus referring to John the baptist as the 2nd coming of Elijah in fulfillment of the prophecy in Malachi 4:5<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />Godamongusgodamongushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13783580274771793995noreply@blogger.com