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To: Clint N. Suhks
Show me any scientific evidence of when the soul enters the body.

THAT is the point when 'it' becomes a 'who'.

8 posted on 12/04/2011 2:44:37 PM PST by null and void (This is day 1048 of America's ObamaVacation from reality.)
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To: null and void

There is no “scientific” proof that there is a soul. What we have scientific proof of is that all mammalian life begins at fertilization.


89 posted on 12/04/2011 5:47:16 PM PST by hocndoc (WingRight.org Have mustard seed, not afraid to use it. Cut spending, now,now,now!)
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To: null and void

That’s the issue for me as well. I am firmly pro-life and have always supported the “life begins at conception” position. However, while “life” biologically begins at conception, the distinct human life must begin at the origin of the soul. Some may argue that a conceived human logically cannot be considered anything but a human life. And I understand that.

The one issue that causes me some pause is the issue of “twinning”. A fertilized egg can split into 2 distinct zygotes at up to about a week after conception/fertilization. If that embryo was a unique human individual at the moment of conception, complete with a spirit/soul, then what happened days later if/when it split into 2 identical twins? The one became 2, but could one individual with one soul really become two? Does the soul enter after that point?

Ultimately, since I don’t know the answer, I side in favor of life and support the “conception” position.

Just makes me wonder.....


90 posted on 12/04/2011 5:47:56 PM PST by jupiterbob
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To: null and void
Show me any scientific evidence of when the soul enters the body.

Since there is no such proof, then you are not a human person either under current law.

118 posted on 12/04/2011 6:41:16 PM PST by itsahoot (Throw them all out!)
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