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Perhaps it just didn't need to be mentioned since the standard was set with Adam...But unlike Adam and Eve, the baby is alive in the womb...The question for me then would be, is the life coming from the soul of the baby or the soul of the mother??? I would say it is the mother...I guess that is scientifically known since cutting the umbilical cord while the baby is in the womb would result in the death of the baby...The baby's soul doesn't provide life for the body of the baby until it gets that breath of fresh air...

I didn't mean to imply you said there was rationalization for abortion, I just don't understand where you are going with talking about the baby having a "soul" or not. We know from several places in Scripture that God speaks about people (David, for example, also Isaiah) that He "knew" them while they were still in their mother's womb. Every child is a separate, living human being WITH a soul that God created them to be. When that life "gets" his/her soul has been a discussion theologians have had for quite a long time. I believe it is at conception, because at that time a new human life begins. I disagree that the baby's life is coming from the mother's soul, but has his/her OWN soul. I don't think the soul is what "gives" the child life. That is more like what would be the "spirit" of the child. At death, the spirit leaves the body of flesh and the flesh dies, the soul and spirit live on. Animals have a "spirit" but not a soul. IMO. Some call it a "life force". It's different than a soul.

It's for this reason that I am against abortion at any time as well as abortifacient contraceptives. As Christians, we should be leading the way for our nations to recognize and respect unborn life as God is the one who "opens and closes the womb", meaning He is behind every new life that comes into the world. It is ALL sacred to Him and fits into His perfect plan.

[Iscool]

I didn't mean to imply you said there was rationalization for abortion, I just don't understand where you are going with talking about the baby having a "soul" or not.

It was brought up by another poster...I just added my 2 cents...I guess the only real difference it makes is whether aborted babies go to heaven or they just cease to exist...Many apparently use THAT to justify their position on abortion...But I think most of those who claim that life begins at birth don't believe in souls and spirits anyway...

It's for this reason that I am against abortion at any time as well as abortifacient contraceptives. As Christians, we should be leading the way for our nations to recognize and respect unborn life as God is the one who "opens and closes the womb", meaning He is behind every new life that comes into the world. It is ALL sacred to Him and fits into His perfect plan.

I agree with that regardless of when a person becomes a 'living soul'...