Whoever labeled you a satanist for believing in souls being reincarnated, IMO, is not correct. Satanists do not believe in reincarnation. They know people only get one life. And then they go down to hell to wait for their master Satan.
The reincarnation belief though, is not a biblical belief, and that I will tell you as one Christian from another. You only get one life, and after that, the judgment. There are no second chances and no do-overs. That is eastern mysticism, not biblical Christianity. The examples of Jesus raising people from the dead to live awhile longer temporally is not evidence of reincarnation.
Your other belief that animals have souls, IS biblically based and is correct. There are great books that discuss this topic from a biblical standpoint and reading other parts of Scripture understanding God’s initial creation and His plans for restoration in the future, there is no doubt in my mind animals have spirits and they will enjoy restoration and eternal life as God originally intended. I can let you know the books if you want, just PM me.
Yep, Secret Agent Man, I know that my belief in reincarnation is not biblical, which is one of the reason that I do not claim to be a Christian.
Then I get people telling me oh you believe in Jesus Christ, but you’re not a Christian, you can’t just use our Lord as you see fit and things of this nature.
But yes, I do absolutely believe in Jesus Christ, I cannot actually say that I am a Christian, rather I am just a simple man trying to do his best to understand that which is beyond my ability to understand.
Some things have happened in my life to open my eyes to certain things. When I was younger, I was an atheist. I am not an atheist any longer, and I will never be again. I am a lot of things, but dishonest is not one of them, and in that regard I must state that I know Jesus Christs exists.
What began to form my belief in reincarnation is that I began to see old souls and young souls. I am a young soul, but I don’t believe that this is my first time around, but I do believe I have a very long way to go. I have met people who know so much more than me, who have learned so much more than me. I do my best to learn from them, but yet I still screw up big time some times, really stupid mistakes, yet other times I get it just right to the point that it makes me think I may genuinely have some insight on some things.
It just seems to me that there is so, so much to learn and life can be so short, some times so short such as in the case of my step neice Anna, a beautiful little girl who died of brain cancer when she was four years old. I ask myself what did her soul learn in those 4 short years? What did our souls learn form her in those four short years? Will her soul have another chance? It is my belief that she will.
And listen I am really, really heartened by what you have stated regarding the souls of animals. One of the things I have learned here is that they do have souls, just as people do. And I have to confess that sometimes I envy their souls because of their innocence. Sometimes when I look at man, I just shake my head in shame :(
Secret Agent Man and muawiyah, I really appreciate both your responses, thank you both kindly.