Amos

Oh darn it sullster, I was hoping you would do it for me. Oh well, it's nice to know you're on my side now and I thank you for that.

hinduwoman

is there any possibility they got the idea of reincarnation and eventual salvation from Hinduism/Buddhism?

Amos

Reincarnation is a reality and also the Cathars had some insight into human nature and therefore they could see it "firsthand," so to speak, except that they saw it in a perverted way, as heretics would.

We have this with our "price for the sins of our forefathers" but the problem is that you cannot 'breed it into your children' because God has no grandchildren. Purity and piety is not where it is at but that is just meant to be the stream of consciousness against we must swim in the river of life.

Aethari

I must agree. If you want to read up on the Cathars, O'Shea's novel is an excellent choice. While I was originally dreading the read, required for my last-summer college trip to the south of France, it turned out to be one of the best books I read that year.

~Aethari

Doctor X

Indeed. I liked how he tried to debunk the "tourism" that Catharism has become in the area of Langerdoc.

I would have liked a bit more of "how" the religion started. This may not be known.

--J.D.

Amos

Just get born again and you can end up with any thoughts that are close to your heart. These are just some forerunners of Luther and we've had 20.000 since.