I think that in some respects we are already resurrected - in the sense that my mother formed my flesh by eating food formed in the earth fertilized by the dead buried there before. So in some sense my flesh is already a reincarnation of many creatures that went before.
yes, that makes sense. it's just the use of resurrection and reincarnation as metaphors rather than kind of literal concepts. thinking of a religious concept as either metaphorical or literal definitely seems to effect a lot of theological discussions.
This idea makes is hard for me to think clearly about the classical Christian idea that our bodies are raised - so I'll look like me, only more so. What I really think this idea is pointing to is the totality of all flesh and spirit and that when we die we are still whole and part of the great cosmic fabric.
well then i guess the question i have is do you think the bible/christian scriptures were written with this metaphorical meaning in mind, or do you think it is something else?
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Date: 2007-12-13 07:40 pm (UTC)yes, that makes sense. it's just the use of resurrection and reincarnation as metaphors rather than kind of literal concepts. thinking of a religious concept as either metaphorical or literal definitely seems to effect a lot of theological discussions.
This idea makes is hard for me to think clearly about the classical Christian idea that our bodies are raised - so I'll look like me, only more so. What I really think this idea is pointing to is the totality of all flesh and spirit and that when we die we are still whole and part of the great cosmic fabric.
well then i guess the question i have is do you think the bible/christian scriptures were written with this metaphorical meaning in mind, or do you think it is something else?