[ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY]

I appreciate your thoughts on the subject. Don't get me wrong, I think abortion is murder. The point you make is interesting and worthy of more thought, but I'm not sure we can say a cell with a "genetic blueprint" possesses a soul. If so, then our bodies are full of millions of souls. Any one of our cells can be made to grow a new human, it doesn't need egg and sperm anymore. In some ways this level of the debate is starting to sound like the proverbial "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" arguments!

[garjog]

"Any one of our cells can be made to grow a new human, it doesn't need egg and sperm anymore. "

Since you started the debate on angel penheads, your statement above is in theory only. It has never been done with humans. But, if it were it would be exactly like procreation of a new baby -- which would have a soul like any person. The DNA in one of your skin cells in not programed to grow into a baby. It would take a lot of work to do that.