My first thought, too. Is the soul imbued in the DNA or is it a separate energy force?
I say it is separate.
As a wife who was pregnant 5 times, I knew before the physical symptoms manifested that two of my babies died in utero. I could sense that they were no longer with me and I felt empty even before the miscarriages started.
Does the soul get displaced?
SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY WIFE AND ME, 3 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME SHE KNEW INSTANTLY, BUT SAID NOTHING BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS CRAZY. THE NEXT TWO TIMES SHE TOLD ME RIGHT AWAY, AND SHE WAS RIGHT. ONE WE FIGURED WAS THE WILL OF G-D, SOMETHING MUST HAVE BEEN WRONG WITH THE CHILD. THE SECOND TOLD US THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. THE THIRD CONFIRMED THAT.
WENT TO THE BEST SPECIALISTS, ONE AFTER THE NEXT. TEST AFTER TEST. THEY FOUND NOTHING. RELUCTANTLY, AND DESPERATELY, WE WENT TO AN OLD DR. FROM SOUTH AFRICA WHO WAS RECOMMENDED BY MY MOTHER, AND LOOKED LIKE “MIRACLE MAX”, IN THE PRINCESS BRIDE. HE DIAGNOSED IT IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES IN HIS OFFICE, WITH COMPLETE CONFIDENCE. I KNEW HE WAS AN INSANE QUACK!
“IF YOU WANT THE TESTS WE’LL DO THEM, BUT THAT’S WHAT IT IS.”
HE WAS 100% CORRECT!
TURNED OUT TO BE A DERMOID CYST ON ONE OF HER OVARIES. IT WAS CORRECTED BY SURGERY AND EVERYTHING WORKED FINE AFTERWARDS. I KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHEN SHE BECAME PREGNANT, AND SO DID SHE, BUT NEITHER OF US SAID ANYTHING TO THE OTHER UNTIL 12 WEEKS HAD PASSED (THAT’S WHEN WE LOST EACH OF THE OTHER THREE). I HAD STILL SAID NOTHING WHEN SHE CAME TO ME AND TOLD ME THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE. SHE KNEW. SHE FELT THE LIFE INSIDE HER AS YOU DID, AND KNEW, NOT FELT, BUT KNEW!, IT WAS STILL THERE.
THAT CHILD IS GOING TO BE 30 IN JULY.
YA GOTTA WORK REAL HARD TO BE AN ATHEIST.
KEEP THE FAITH.