jesus defeated death, those who die in christ will be resurrected in the same manner as him. the book of life records the souls which are worthy to inherit the gift of consciousness and an immortal body. there are no infinite number of reincarnations because you are not conciousness, you are a soul which is a byproduct of the synthesis between body and conciousness.   heaven and hell are eternal so indeed there is no way to get off the ride   i disagree that the soul is the brain, the soul is the past, present and future recollection of what you are, it's the recording of your deeds. the brain i simply a material aspect of the body which houses awareness.
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