...then do identical twins have to share a soul since they actually split apart weeks after conception?
2006-10-27 07:04:19 · 6 answers · asked by bc_munkee 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
I would say not. Perhaps they split because two souls were trapped together at conception?
I would ask religious leader for a better, more specific to your beliefs, answer
2006-10-27 07:05:59 · answer #1 · answered by psycho_chic_in_training 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your question reflects the popular misconception that the "soul" is something we get, when in fact the "soul" is what we become when the breath of life is joined to the lifeless body, as we read in the Holy Bible where it says (GEN 2:7) "The Lord God formed man from the dust of the earth, and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and man became a living soul". ... became a soul when life was breathed into the dust and blood ... So, to answer your question, because each child while in the Mother's womb is receiving oxygen, the breath of life, through the bloodstream via the umbilical cord from the Mother, each twin is a living soul even though it hasn't been born yet. The soul is not something they have to share. Each of them is a soul. For a better understanding of this you could obtain a Bible with a concordance in the back. Here you can look up key words in the Bible to find every verse those words are used in so you can read them in the proper context and discover what they really mean. This way you will also discover that "breath of life", and the word "spirit" when used in reference to humans both mean the same thing. Neither of them have any conciousness after they leave the body when a person dies. When the spirit (breath of life) leaves the body at death then the person ceases to be a living soul, and instead is just a lifeless body. The Bible teaches that in the day that a person dies, all thoughts perish. The spirit, breath of life, returns to God from whence it came, awaiting the time when God reunites the breath of life with the body in the resurection. During this waiting time neither the body nor the breath have any thoughts, or conciousness, nor awareness of the passage of time, or events unfolding on the earth, and during this time the soul ceases to exist. The soul hasn't gone anywhere, but rather it just ceases to exist when the breath of life and the body were separated. It's sort of like when you turn off a light switch. The bulb is still there, and the electric current is still somewhere, but at the moment it isn't doin anything, and the light has ceased to exist, because the electric current and the bulb are no longer together.
2006-10-27 15:11:02 · answer #2 · answered by Dunkelsman 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am very pro-life, but I believe that the dignity and protection that is given to each person including the unborn is not because they have a soul, but because they are made in the image of God. I have no idea when God ensouls these babies, but I know each embryo is a product of a thought of God as BXVI so elegantly puts it.
Thanks for reading and God Bless!
P.S. I think your question is a really excellent one. I went to EWTN.com's Q&A to see if I could find a similar one and I did! Judie Brown (the answerer) is a founder of American Life League (very pro-life). I hope this helps!!!
Question: Thanks in advance for answering my question. I wasn't sure whether this is the right place to ask. But my questions has to do with identical twins. According to the Church, a person becomes a person at conception, when the soul comes into existence and is joined with the body. But what about identical twins? When an embryo divides into two, after conception. When do the twins recieve their souls? How exactly does that work? I have two sisters who are identical twins, and so I'm curious about this. However it works, I'd think it would be a very special thing. Thanks again
Answer: The proper answer to your question was written in a marvelous book, Fetal Life and Abortion, by Father Edward Robinson, O.P.
An excerpt from his explanation of twinning and personhood at conception follows:
"There is no evidence from Biology to claim that the final "individualization" of the offspring occurs on at some time later than fertilization. Even if identical twinning were given as a special case of "prolonged or delayed" fertilization, it does not follow that all cases would require a time interval before the original mass of material becomes vitalized as one individual or as two individuals."
I suggest you read his entire commentary, which is located at the following URL: http://unbornperson.com/displayed_responses_1999.htm#November%2018th
Judie Brown
2006-10-27 14:21:49 · answer #3 · answered by Mary's Daughter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people will tell you, that you do not get a soul until you are born and not relying on the mother to live, but most people will tell you that these unborn babies allready have personalities before they are ever born and to answer your question, they split because there are two souls in one,
2006-10-27 16:48:02 · answer #4 · answered by rae 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Each soul or spirit comes into their seperate bodies. It would be more that two souls share one body then split. Good Question!
2006-10-27 14:20:39 · answer #5 · answered by jamiasl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I do not beleive that. I believe God plans our coming into being, and each being has their own soul.
2006-10-27 14:06:43 · answer #6 · answered by misskenjr 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋