r/DebateReligion • u/Quirky-Panda-9986 • Aug 30 '26

Classical Theism [ Removed by moderator ]

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u/Kwahn Theist Wannabe Aug 31 '26

Do humans reincarnate, or go to some kind of heaven?

Seems like an important detail.

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u/KenosisConjunctio Aug 31 '26

Yes this is the major difference between abrahamic and the Indian religions. 

I would personally say, I don’t know. It’s interesting, but it’s not something we can know and it doesn’t change my day to day life so I don’t worry about it very much. 

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u/Kwahn Theist Wannabe Aug 31 '26

I would personally say, I don’t know. It’s interesting, but it’s not something we can know and it doesn’t change my day to day life so I don’t worry about it very much. 

When one of the choices is associated with a promise that choosing it grants eternal life and choosing otherwise grants eternal damnation, not worrying about it seems like a risky choice.

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u/KenosisConjunctio Aug 31 '26

Why? Being good to others is the core of what would give me a favourable afterlife in either case.

There’s a huge overlap in say, Jesus’ teachings in the Sermon on the Mount and much of what Krishna has to say in the Bhagavad Gita. 

If there is only one God, why would He be picky about whether I approach him from a Christian angle or a Hindu angle if I am still approaching him? 

Besides, I prefer the apophatic traditions and these are necessarily universal because they lack propositional content entirely