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On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 08:53:51 -0700, Rob Perkins 
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>Methuselah Jones wrote:
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>> Definitely, the concept of body = hindrance is a very primal idea, and is 
>> present in some form or another, to a greater or lesser degree, in most 
>> spiritual philosophies.
>
>Yes yes... but where did it begin? To my knowledge Judaism doesn't have 
>the idea; its philosophies posit that life on earth is very good enough, 
>as far as I've ever been told. Other ancient animisms and naturist 
>religions don't seem to address what comes after either, except perhaps 
>to insist that the dead must be treated correctly in order not to haunt us.
>
>Do the Chinese traditions, the ancestor cults of ancient Asia, posit 
>such a progression, for example?

At least some tribal religions did have ancestral spirits or ghosts,
though.

-- 
Josh

[Truly] I say to you, [...] angel [...] power will be able to see that [...]
these to whom [...] holy generations [...]. After Jesus said this, he departed.

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