Hi Goddes,
For the moment, I will pass over your comments related to how much we know or don't know about historic religious figures. I am more interested in having you provide further explanation related to your statement that:
"Reincarnation is a spiritual crime as it is imposed on unsuspecting individuals, often against their will."
To begin: Why is reincarnation a spiritual crime? How is it imposed on unsuspecting individuals? When is it imposed in accordance with individual will and when is it imposed against individual will?
Any further information you would like to provide would be appreciated as well.
Cordially,
S&S
PS--I do want you to know that I am not necessarily opposed to your premise. Depending on how it is developed, it might well harmonize with the positions of the ancient Gnostics and the more recent Cathars.
Reincarnation is a spiritual crime because most of us did not reincarnate here voluntarily but through means of deception.
I know for a fact, that I would never have chosen this life here IF I had a choice!
If you care to check out various NDE cases, it is clear that there is a certain pattern to what happens and yet, it is customized to each individual so the experience reflects the person's beliefs. That alone is a form of deception as it creates "many different truths". Not to mention, that everyone is if not forced, then persuaded to come back, apparently, to accomplish some important mission...forced,
I am not sure if you are familiar with 'Pre-birth memory', as there a people who do remember what happened just before they reincarnated, the birth, and what has happened since. The vast majority of those individuals are not happy with the whole 'process' as nothing is as was promised to them.
Then, there is a memory wipe that takes place around birthtime. In my opinion, and this is my opinion based on everything that I have managed to gather, this is the true moment of our death... Why? Because of the memory wipe everything that was learned, cherished, remembered, and connected to us suddenly is taken away. We do not remember who we are, where do we come from, and most importantly, the reason to be here. By being reincarnated, we take up a new identity; which means new family, kids, friends, everything has to be re-learned from zero.
People who do remember some parts just before being born have rather unsavory tales to tell. And most say that they DID NOT want to come here.
The famous 'life script' is not created by us, but by the archons who orchestrate this whole system, both in Astral, and here on Earth... They camouflage as 'god' or any religious figure to persuade individuals to reincarnate.
Just watch some of the videos available on youtube, there are thousands of them, when 'the love, the light' is always mentioned. That, of course, is part of a grand deception. Most of the masses automatically assume that they see god himself, but the reality is very far from the truth. Because, the same 'god' returns them back, very often to a very damaged body! Most NDEs plead and beg to stay 'up there' and yet all are returned despite not wanting to!
Now, do you still think that you have free will to use as you please? The way I see it, the little bit we have access to is pitifully reduced to some very basic stuff, like what color of sock you gonna wear today. Anything that is REALLY important, we have no say about iy. So my answer about free will is that it is very limited. People THINK that they have free will, but only in a very limited way.
As for ancient Gnostics, well, by getting familiar with what they stood for, I found my answer regarding good and evil. As it is explained, that we live within a duality system. Therefore, both sides are always present. It is little wonder that Cathars were slaughtered as they practiced Gnosticism which was considered a threat to the Christian religion.
I personally do agree with what Cathars believed regarding Jesus, for example, but then again, I am in no position to verify it as absolute truth.