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How are Christian beliefs different than those who believe in reincarnation?

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While different religious groups like Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, and Buddhism belief in reincarnation and that a person has the chance to be reborn as a new person, depending on how the current life is, Christianity holds a different belief in that there is no reincarnation per se, but there is an afterlife with God for eternity in His kingdom.

Step-by-step explanation:

The basic concept of reincarnation is a belief held by major religions of the world such as Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. This philosophical belief holds that there is a rebirth or transference of an aspect of a person, be it the soul or mind or any subconscious to a different entity after one dies.

While Christianity does not specifically belief in reincarnation, it does hold the belief that the physical or bodily death of a person is not the end of that person. Rather, Christians belief in the afterlife, a life of eternity with God in His kingdom. This is not the same as reincarnation, for it involves no such rebirth as some other animal or even into a new person or being.

Thus, the Christian belief of afterlife is much different from the other religious beliefs of reincarnation.

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