Are reincarnation and resurrection the same thing?
No. Reincarnation and resurrection are not at all the same. Belief in reincarnation implies that, when we die, our soul will be re-born with a new identity into this world. Belief in resurrection means that when we die, we pass on, once for all, to a new life with God. Belief in reincarnation derives mainly from traditional Hindu religion according to which only the SOUL, the spiritual part of a person, endures. Belief in the Resurrection is based on our Christian conviction that, in Christ, God will seal our whole personality, body and soul, in an eternal embrace of love.
