Mark Landau: > And Christianity likely carried over it's understanding > of reincarnation via the Judaic idea of the Gilgulim > (×'××'××××), or "the cycles (of souls)"... > Judaism is a monotheistic religion, so it's difficult to square this with the reincarnation belief in a dualism.
This applies also to Buddhism as well, since the Buddha did not ascribe to the soul-monad theory. How can a soul 'reincarnate' when there is no soul? "Although Kabbalah propounds the Unity of God, one of the most serious and sustained criticisms is that it may lead away from monotheism, and instead promote dualism, the belief that there is a supernatural counterpart to God..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah
