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What about the soul of one who is a human clone? Do they even have a soul? According to the traducianist the soul is passed (or "led" as the greek would indicate) via the parents. What if there are no parents? What then? Does the soul come, somehow, from within the cell which is being cloned? What if there is no soul to be "passed on" in such a way? A soulless human being – "And The Lord God created man out of the dust of the ground and breathed into His nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul." A living soul… what about the cloned baby, made "out of the scientist’s Petrie dish"? Will the scientist breathe into her nostrils the breath of life? Is a human being with no soul a human being? Can this justify Man’s "raising" such "creatures" for the sake of organ harvesting, as I have heard proposed over the years through various pop-articles and resources?
What about the creationist? How would he feel about human cloning as it specifically relates to the soul of the one who is cloned? Will God create a soul for the human body which has been cloned? I sure hope so. What if He doesn’t? For the creationist the issue is one which is solely at God’s discretion, whether or not He will decide to create souls for human clones. For the traducianist it is still, of course, in God’s hands, but does it not seem that the means which they may consider to be God’s normal means for the "passing" of the soul has been tampered with by man’s scientific methodologies? If the traducianist model for the transference of the soul is valid then how will the human clone have a soul? Will God set up a special, new, method specifically for human clones? Again, will these human clones even have souls? If so, will we be able to evangelize these people or will scientists keep them controlled, corralled, and captive for "society’s greater purpose"?

...captive for "society's greater purpose?"

Can you say professional sports?

The guys that clean the locker rooms probably have freezers stuffed with all kinds of genetic material. The locker room attendants for the Washington Wizards and LA Lakers will be our next billionaires.

Look for the price of Marilyn Monroe's, Jane Mansfield's, Princess Grace's and Di's, etc. personal items to skyrocket.

Isn't some laboratory still studying Einstein's brain? How about some government (North Korea, China, Iraq, Iran) placing an order for 1,000 (evil) genii?