Two questions:
1) Do test tube babies have souls?
2) Do saimese twins, the ones with two abdomins and share one set of legs, have two souls?
2007-02-23 03:05:43 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
1) yes
2) yes
2007-02-23 03:08:36 · answer #1 · answered by Velouria 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The Bible says in Genesis that when God breathed the breath of life into the body he had formed, the man "became a living soul." Hmmm So, was it the "breath" that made him a soul, or the "life"? Let's say, "life," because before my baby was born he wasn't breathing but he sure showed a lot of emotion! O.K., "life" has certain characteristics: mobility, respiration, ingestion, elimination, regeneration. The twins are an easy call for me: two mindsets, two souls. The test tube babies - are their cells dividing, or frozen? Are they "fertilized" already. Shucks. They're probably "souls," too. Not old enough to vote, though! grin They're worth something to somebody, or they wouldn't exist. So, how could they not be worth something to God? (You wanna raise 'em by the Tree of Life? There's a possibility!)
2007-02-23 11:22:02 · answer #2 · answered by shirleykins 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would seem the crux of the matter is the definition of the word 'soul'.
There is the common idea, taught by many churches, that it is some wispy, invisible thing that lives on and on.
That, of course, is false.
The soul, according to the very book that introduced the word, is a person.
Please note Genesis 2:7:
"God proceeded to form the man out of dust from the ground and to blow into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man came to be a living soul. . ."
Man came to BE a soul ......not have one.
You ARE a soul.
Therefore, in the 2 cases you cite, if it is considered a human life, it IS a soul.
2007-02-23 11:12:16 · answer #3 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hindu philosophy says that at the soul level all people are one, so there is no difference between 2 souls and one soul - it is like the ocean - are the pacific and atlantic 2 oceans or just one that we give two names to? They are joined together - part of one great divine soul.
Hindu philosophy also says that everything even rocks have souls, they are just not as awake as human souls.
This makes the most sense to me...
2007-02-23 11:46:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Living bodies are given souls. Test tube babies are living. Siamese twins are two living beings adjoined. My opinion!
2007-02-23 11:10:27 · answer #5 · answered by matters 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every life has a soul, so yes test tube babies have a soul.
Siamese twin are merely conjoined twins, they have two seperate souls.
2007-02-23 11:09:37 · answer #6 · answered by Adia Azrael 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think everyone has a soul once they are created! But what about married couples...aren't they known as 2 souls in one?
2007-02-23 11:13:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every human being has a soul, so yes on both counts
2007-02-23 11:13:28 · answer #8 · answered by Jouvert 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are all a part of God's soul. Human myosis can I either take place in a vagina or a petrie dish.
2007-02-23 11:12:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
soul is cognition...as soon as test tube babies become aware of their 'being'--there's your soul
and since siamese twins have separate cognitive awarenesses--they each have a 'soul'
2007-02-23 11:13:08 · answer #10 · answered by crimson_tide 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It seems to me the answers are most likely:
1) Yes
2) Yes
It also seems that we should err on the side of caution in such matters.
2007-02-23 11:13:19 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋