God created the first man and woman and then commanded them to " be fruitful and multiply." But how is human life to be reproduced? Did God provide the initial spark of life and then entrust the continuation of that life to mankind? Or does God still breathe the " breath of life" into every human? When does human life begin? Christian Theology offer two schools of thought on this: Traducianism and Creationism.
Traducianism: the soul, the immaterial part of mankind, as well as the human body originate mediately by propagation.
Creationism: maintians that a new human soul is created by God immediately at conception.
Which position more closely reflects the biblical explanation of the origin of human life?
2006-06-26 02:25:08 · 4 answers · asked by proudmatriarch 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God created all the souls before this world age.
Genesis 1:26
"26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness..."
In the image of God and the angels(us).
The soul goes into the body at conception.
Luke 1:27-41
Mary went to tell her cousin Elizabeth and as soon as Mary spoke
John, inside of Elizabeth leaped in her womb, because the Holy Spirit (inside of Mary's womb) was in Jesus, in the womb(embryo).
Hope this helps.
2006-06-26 02:51:13 · answer #1 · answered by LP S 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The bible's creation story was written by people trying to come up with an explanation for what they observed. How could 2 people populate the earth? (They only had 2 sons and one killed the other! Where did the murderer's wife come from?)
Every culture has a creation myth, and the variety of stories reflect each one's circumstances at the time. They're not a factual account of anything. Today we call an attempt to explain the unknown "science," which by the way is not anti-god but pro-truth. But people who point out that long held, beloved mythological stories make no sense are not very popular- they threaten the status-quo.
2006-06-26 09:38:09 · answer #2 · answered by da maestro 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your soul is with God long before you are ever created on Earth. But human life starts at conception since Adam and Eve couodn't leave that tree alone.
2006-06-26 09:31:54 · answer #3 · answered by Amelia E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well Creationism because there is no Biblical proof to having a soul. The Greek or Hebrew word used when the English translation for soul is used either means personality or person
2006-06-26 09:29:32 · answer #4 · answered by Hafeman 5000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋