is a totally and completely pagan idea, specifically indo-aryan. chinese concept of reincarnation is hinduistic and different from most other concepts of reincarnation in the world.

if you read the bible closely, you\'d see that ancient israelites doesn\'t put alot of emphasis on the afterlife. in fact, shoel is usually as far as they go, although as you read on they did occasionally imply a spiritual world after death in the old testament. Jesus\'s teachings did shed a little more light but he did not address reincarnation either.

which would be strange, since an important concept such as reincarnation, if it were true, would fundamentally alter our world view, our theology, even as as fundamental as the salvation plan itself.

yet we do not see that at all. the emphasis of salvation is on this life, whether there is salvation after death goes completely unanswered, and I\'d say there\'s implication that there is no second chance (in a reincarnated life) after the current life is over.

if you want to be prudent, do not succumb to the concept of reincarnation, knowing that it\'s a pagan concept and has no role in christianity.