Do fetuses have souls?

Answer 1

The Soul is in the Spirit (real Person).
The Real Person is in the Mix when the Sperm hit's the Egg.
Then Everthing Grow's up.
Hope this helps.

Answer 2

What do you mean by "soul"? Is it something that is not part of this universe, that exists before birth and after death? If so, then I think it's something mankind invented because we fear or can't accept that death is permanent.

However, I think there is another useful definition of "soul". One where the best synonyms are "personality", "essence", "gestalt" or the newage term "vibe". I think our sense of empathy is very subtle and complex, and allows us to sense other people's soul-vibe and use it to make accurate predictions about people's behavior.

I think people develop their soul-vibe at a very early age -- as the mother said above, maybe even before we are born. However, I don't think this happens at the moment of conception. I think it doesn't happen until the fetus's brain and nervous system is largely in place, which doesn't happen until the latter half of the 2nd trimester.

Our bodies, and especially our brains, are very amazing things. I suspect we are only now beginning to understand how amazing they are.

Answer 3

Souls are a mythological idea - there is no reason to think they really exist.

What is a soul supposed to be? What properties does it have? What part of 'you' resides in the soul?

If it's postulated that consciousness, or awareness, or sense of self resides in the soul, it's difficult to see how this can be reconciled with the complete oblivion which accompanies general anaesthesia. How could a straightforward chemical, injected into the bloodstream, anaesthetise a soul so that it effectively ceases to exist during this time? If consciousness, in the form of a soul, were some kind of supernatural faculty, it would seem implausible that it could be completely disabled by a chemical.

How about some of the other things which we regard as essential parts of what makes a person what they are? How about love, compassion, reason, empathy, memory, conscious thought, character, 'spirituality' and so on? Well, there is really no plausible doubt that all these things are properties of the physical brain. We can alter all of these properties very simply with alcohol or other drugs, and observe how they change in people who have suffered significant brain damage - Previously placid people become uncontrollably violent, intelligent people become imbeciles, and so on. Stimulate the brain artificially, and the subject reports corresponding mental activity, e.g. 'religious experiences'. We can see from brain research that all these things - thought, emotion, sensation, character traits and so on - are correlated with activity in the brain, and some things can be identified with specific areas of the brain.

So, if all these faculties and characteristics of what we regard as the 'person' reside in the physical brain, as seems to be undeniably the case, and they all cease when the person dies, then what is left to be attributed to a 'soul'? As far as I can ascertain: Nothing. If there is no part of us that can continue after death, then there is no 'afterlife'... and if there is no afterlife, then most of religion is null and void.

Answer 4

I don't know, but I'm tired of fetuses sneaking into Disneyland without buying their own ticket. They might go to Hell for stealing. If a fetus can play jazz saxophone, then I would say he has soul.

Answer 5

The soul begins at the moment of conception.

Answer 6

"For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also." (James 2:26)

An unborn child is alive: moving, growing, and responding to stimulants. Their bodies are small and not fully mature, but they are alive. But then again, a newborn baby is small and not fully mature, but also alive.

This passage of scripture says that a body without the spirit is dead. It can be concluded, therefore, that since these small bodies are indeed alive, they must have a spirit, or a soul.

Answer 7

"Souls" do not exist.
I think by soul you mean personality, which fetuses do not yet have. =]

Answer 8

Nope, and neither do you... neither do I for that matter... Souls aren't real. They are wishful thinking brought about by our minds inability to comprehend the reality of death.

Answer 9

A fetus is a human being, a baby still in the womb, created by God and God has given each of them a soul.

Answer 10

i would imagine in an uneducated way that body and soul join as one at birth