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MORALISTIC GOD / REINCARNATION
I believe that every person is born with a soul condemned to suffer, but by behaving properly one’s soul can be “saved”. (Note: Christians, Muslims, and others believe that a moralistic God’s favorable judgment can “save” someone. Upon death these souls spend a blissful eternity with God or Allah in heaven or paradise. Those souls with unpardonable sins spend an eternity in hell. For Hindus and some Buddhists, being saved means overcoming desire / self attachment, escaping a weary cycle of death / birth, then Nirvana. Reincarnation, which many think of as the rebirth of a soul in a new body, can provide for both life after death and cosmic justice. The latter results as a person’s actions in one life produce karmic forces with ethical consequences in future lives.)
Related Words, Beliefs, Background -- 48 entries Discussion from The Worldview Literacy Book
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WV Theme #14A: Moralistic God --Alternate Concise Characterization with Wikipedia Entries |
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| has awareness of importance of sin | seeks salvation (the saving of one's soul from some undesirable eternal fate) |
| seeks to spend afterlife in heaven | sees God dispensing punishment / Divine Judgment |
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summary Wikipedia article: Righteousness |
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WV Theme #14B: Reincarnation --Alternate Concise Characterization with Wikipedia Entries |
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| appreciates consequences of karmic forces, values Karma | accepts possibility of learning from Past Life Regression |
| appreciates possibility of Rebirth (Buddhist conception) | values Wheel of Life (Buddhist conception) |
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summary Wikipedia article: Reincarnation |
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