Reba mcentire - reba: 'i'm born again'

[forrest]

Country queen REBA MCENTIRE has stunned her legions of devout Christian fans by revealing she believes in reincarnation.
In an interview with country news website GACTV.com, the flame-haired singer insists she's been a man in a previous life and she has known her son Shelby before.
She says, "I believe... that I have been here before as a man... I believe I have spent time with my son, Shelby, before. I believe I have spent time with other people in my life before. Who knows? Maybe I'm part Buddhist."
And she knows her comments will outrage some of her religious fans.
She adds, "I will get flak from Christians who will say I can't be a Christian if I believe this… I'm sorry, but this is how I live my life, this is what I believe."
REBA MCENTIRE - REBA: 'I'M BORN AGAIN' (http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/reba%20im%20born%20again_1083936)

I'm Tiresias (http://www.pantheon.org/articles/t/tiresias.html)

[forrest]

Michael Newton - past-life regression (http://www.near-death.com/newton.html)

Journey of souls: case studies of ... - Google Books (http://books.google.com/books?id=P61usXlFKKIC&dq=journey+of+souls&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=7argS8zSPI-gswODxoSZBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false)

[Pedata]

Heard a pastor once say that when people think they're reincarnated they are harboring a spirit (a familiar) that harbored the person they think they were.

Have also heard that the bible once had talk in it about reincarnation but some big guys took it out.

Who knows?

-Cass

[unclejoe]

while the family was walking to services one Sunday morning,
the little girl turns to her daddy and asked

" if going to church makes you a Christian,does going into the garage make you a car?"

;)
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pedata,
the 'organized' church made major reduction-in-paperwork vis-a-vis the bible about a thousand years ago.
many gospels, including one by Judas Iscariot, were not recognized as part of the canon.

about that same time, priests were to be unmarried and celebate (yeah, right. chortle. snort. )

[Pedata]

Our planet was supposed to have two moons and rings, but God wanted a day off.

-Cass

[forrest]

Heard a pastor once say that when people think they're reincarnated they are harboring a spirit (a familiar) that harbored the person they think they were.

Have also heard that the bible once had talk in it about reincarnation but some big guys took it out.

Who knows?

-Cass


Jesus is clearly saying here that the spirit that was Elias was reborn as John the Baptist. To continue this particular discussion, I will quote a piece from an excellent article (http://worldvisionportal.org/WVPforum/viewtopic.php?t=64) I found on the net (I changed only the quotes to match the King James Bible. Note that the names “Elijah” and “Elias” are the same name): http://worldvisionportal.org/WVPforum/viewtopic.php?t=64

“As for the John the Baptist-Elijah episode, there can be little question as to its purpose. By identifying the Baptist as Elijah, Jesus is identifying himself as the Messiah. Throughout the gospel narrative there are explicit references to the signs that will precede the Messiah.


"Behold I will send you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord." (Malachi 4:5)


This is one of the many messianic promises of the Old Testament. One of the signs that the true Messiah has come, according to this passage from Malachi, is that he be preceded by a forerunner, by Elijah.

Although the Bible also contains other reincarnational passages, these Elijah-John passages constitute clear proof of reincarnation:

1. The Old Testament prophesied that Elijah himself (not someone "like" him or someone "similar" to him, but Elijah himself) would return before the advent of the Messiah.

2. Jesus declared that John the Baptist was Elijah who had returned, stating bluntly "Elijah has come".


Now, based on these passages alone, either (A) or (B) must be true:


(A) John the Baptist was Elijah himself, meaning that Elijah had reincarnated. If this is true, then reincarnation must belong in Christian theology, and the West's entire doctrinal interpretation of "Life After Death" in general, and the "Last Day Resurrection" in particular, must be radically revised, or...

(B) John the Baptist was not Elijah himself, meaning that Elijah himself had not returned.

[Unkle_John]

Hmm, I always thought she was.

[Gaston]

She's just positioning herself for a new, untapped musical genre - Lesbian Country. There's going to be a lot of backcountry fanboys' hearts broken when it hits CMT. :D

[LIBRA]

I thought we already had lesbian country? The dixie chicks :D

I love me some dixie chicks though!!

[PEACE FROG]

I always thought Tanya Tucker might be a "scissor kicker".

[forrest]

Hmm, I always thought she was.

http://www.moberggallery.com/images/bell_WhenGodWasaWoman1_001.jpg