2006-06-11 03:16:33 · 19 answers · asked by christian_sheeple 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Any living thing as a soul
2006-06-11 03:18:25 · answer #1 · answered by jchas64651 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If a cloned child has no soul, than neither does any child conceived "in vitro." So all children lving today who were "test tube babies" have no soul?
That idea is just plain stupid. G-d created these children, in vitro or not... He created their genetic code, He allowed scientists to learn enough of His natural laws to make this possible, He allowed the procedure to "take" and the child to come into existence.
When it does become possible, a clone is not the SAME person as the "parent"... only an exact genetic match, like an identical twin. The ethics of the situation only relate to how these children will be parented... can the parent recognize that this is a different, new person... and avoid the "living through one's child" torment and abuse?
2006-06-17 18:01:46 · answer #2 · answered by spedusource 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question and one I have often wondered myself. I can't see how any living thing would not have a soul. Even though a clone is a man-made creation, does it not truly originate from God, since God created humanity?
To go further on this, I worry more about how clones will be treated. Will they be second class citizens, treated as slaves?
There is a whole other aspect of morality to this issue than just whether God creates life, but how do we treat the man-made life? Is it okay to be cruel to clones? Do they have feelings?
It is not cloning in and of itself that bothers me, but the after effects. We have no frame of reference on how to deal with such a phenomenon.
2006-06-11 12:30:02 · answer #3 · answered by LindaLou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every twin is a clone. Anyone who says a cloned child would have no soul has no soul.
2006-06-11 10:20:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cloned child wouldn't have a soul because there would already be another child with the same soul. That wouldn't work.
2006-06-11 10:19:10 · answer #5 · answered by antilaughingcow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course a cloned child would have a soul. That would be punishing the child. Mankind is the one who did it, not the child.
2006-06-11 10:27:30 · answer #6 · answered by ginaforu5448 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When science can create life then it would not have soul. Cloning is taking life and changing the DNA. This does not affect the soul.
2006-06-11 10:23:22 · answer #7 · answered by Retarded Dave 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the reason why a cloned child would not have a spirit is 'cause only God can make a soul/spirit....humans can't do that and God is probably laughing at them right now for trying 'cause it's never gonna work.
A twin in NOT a clone...they are totally differnet ppl...and even if you know twins for a long time, you can see that they do look different....twins are NOT clones also 'cause they have different souls...they are differnet ppl....cloning is trying to make the same person...cloning is SO STUPID!
2006-06-11 10:20:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soul? lol
Eve was a clone. God made her from Adam's rib. Did she has a soul?
Whats matter is life, i don't know about that soul thing.
2006-06-11 11:01:59 · answer #9 · answered by T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reasoning is that since only God can greate a life, He breathes the soul into it.
It's a stupid concept anyway. A clone is still a viable being.
2006-06-11 10:18:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe God would give a cloned child a soul.
Without the soul, they would have no conscience.
The conscience is God's laws printed on our very being.
2006-06-11 10:23:56 · answer #11 · answered by Tom C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋