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Christianity, on the other hand, has the testimony of a man, Jesus Christ, who was dead for three days, resurrected, and returned to testify about life after death. Also, let us look at the words of an ex-guru.

"What good would a thousand physical births do? Reincarnation could give me a new body, but that wasn't what I needed... It was folly to think that I would improve by coming back into this world in dif ferent bodies again and again! ... There was something wrong with me that changing the body I lived in would never solve.... In the past I had sought mystical ex periences as an escape from the daily life which Hindu philosophy called maya - an illusion. Now I wanted the power to face life, to live the life God had planned for me. I wanted to experience a deep change in what I was, not merely the superficial peace I felt during meditation but which left me the moment I lost my temper. I needed to be born again - spiritually, not physically." (Escape into the Light, by Rabindranath R. Maharaj, Harvest House Publishers, 1977, pp. 119-120)

The Bible leaves no room for reincarnation.

"And it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment." Hebrews 9:27

4. The experience of astral projection is a very powerful one. I have discussed this in much more detail in Chapter 16. I will not repeat here the material of that chapter. The scripture cited in that chapter in Ecclesiasties is a powerful one to use when talking to New Agers. 5. The terrible poverty and famine in India gives us a good indication of what the Hindu teachings will do for a population when put into practice on a wide scale. Ultimately, people do have to exist in this physical world. The Bible deals with hard facts. It is solid teaching and records which have ample historical proof. The challenge to these people is, "How do you know you aren't being deceived, and how do you know the spirits you are in con tact with are not deceiving you?" Ultimately, they have no

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