In regard to your last paragraph, I think Matthew 11:12 concurs: "And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven is subject to violence, and the violent take it by force."
In the yogic doctrines it is said that an individuals karma and personal dispositions (sankhara) stem from actions taken in 'previous lives', yet this logically fails due to the problem of infinite regression. What about the first life? This must surely date back to an originating decision of the soul. The first previous life was not as a human.
In regard to your last paragraph, I think Matthew 11:12 concurs: "And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven is subject to violence, and the violent take it by force."
In the yogic doctrines it is said that an individuals karma and personal dispositions (sankhara) stem from actions taken in 'previous lives', yet this logically fails due to the problem of infinite regression. What about the first life? This must surely date back to an originating decision of the soul. The first previous life was not as a human.
that is one of the reasons i don't believe in reincarnation as a general rule, but rather as an exception.