Some people seem to think that evolution defines everything; souls don't exist, and we and our individual thoughts are only a random collection of genes and nerve impulses, generated randomly as a reaction to our environment. So here's my theoretical experiment to prove them wrong. A single zygote is cloned from an early, unspecialized cell state. These cells are separated, and implanted into two different robotic "wombs", each in identical, yet separate rooms, that will create identical living conditions. When the children are "born", robotic humanoid look-alikes will care for these isolated twins, allowing them to grow and to learn speech, etc., but without any variation in environment of treatment. Then, a stimulus to thought, such as a book, would be supplied. Would they think identical thoughts? What I'm asking is: Do you really believe such a thing could happen, and that these children, down to every breath and heartbeat would be the same, souless, with no thoughts of their own?
2007-03-03 07:43:41 · 5 answers · asked by whatifgecko 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Just a slight note that wouldn't fit in the description: I am not asking if you believe the experiment in possible, nor would I ever carry it out, seeing as it would tear my morality to shreds. I know there is a multitude of impossible proceedures involved, many of which probably cannot ever happen, but what I am asking is IF such a thing was possible, do you REALLY believe that they would be identical in thought processes? I think that thought equates to the existance of a soul, and therefore, want to get some peoples' opinions on if the test subjects' thoughts would be the same, and therefore, if souls exist.
2007-03-03 08:02:30 · update #1
NO! I don't believe they have seperate souls and seperate thoughts. I believe in reincarntion, so even though they may look alike they are two different souls that have been brought back to either earn their way to heaven or to help someone else earn their way. People say that I have my own religion, because I believe We live in Hell and have to earn our way to Heaven. My main Reason for believing this is; They say Heaven is above and Hell is below. Then our bodies get buried six feet under ground. No matter whether you have done good or bad we ask God to please take care of you after death. Why would we give the Satan our bodies and God our Souls if we are to go to Heaven. Earth is below Heaven. Hell is below Heaven. If you look around you everyday you can see the other reasons why I believe this is Hell.
2007-03-03 08:14:13 · answer #1 · answered by no.#1 Mom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since the word 'soul' means different things to different people, one needs to first define what one means by using the word, 'soul'. The Bible in Genesis 2:7 in the KJV: "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Here you see that the two components that make up a soul is the body and the breath from God. Once the breath from God leaves the body the body dies and the sour ceases to exist. Without both a living body and the breath from God their is not soul.
I get the sense that you think the soul is something more and can even exist outside of the body. This is just not true. Good thing we have the Bible to keep us straight so we are not confused by all these pagan ideas that are not true, right?
2007-03-03 16:01:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
After you get past the fact that you can't clone a zygote without destroying it, and the ethics of carrying out this experiment (yes, I know you said it was theoretical) The clone would have more health problems etc.
However, I think that chaos effects would cause the experiment to fail (you can't make things identical enough). The similar biologies, however, would ensure that their thoughts would be similar--maybe enough that the experiment would be "successful", whether or not the twins have souls.
2007-03-03 15:56:56 · answer #3 · answered by Paranoid Android 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If this could ever truly happen - the project, well it'd need a good name, and some major major funding.... - well anyway, I don't see any reason why they wouldn't be EXACTLY the same. After all, if we are truly nothing more than genes and reactions to environmental factors, and you eliminate differences in genes, and differences in environment, then you would get a truly identical pair of humans.
2007-03-03 15:57:14 · answer #4 · answered by organizedchaos356 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Toosense writes: "Good thing we have the Bible to keep us straight so we are not confused by all these pagan ideas that are not true, right?"
Wrong. Good thing you (you!) have the Bible to save you from a true debate. This is unacceptable. What you call PAGAN IDEAS, most of the World calls PHILOSOPHY; the ability to question and study the World you live in, a search for the truth. It's about loving the truth, and loving the quest.
Pagan ideas, by the way, put a TV in your living room and meds on your shelves.
2007-03-03 17:42:57 · answer #5 · answered by MareZa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋