Aha, when this happen... what happens, the soul is cloned? Do they share the soul?, the soul will be proved not to exist?, He or she will be provided by God with a new soul?
2007-07-17 14:57:05 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
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Identical twins was made by God... duh..
2007-07-17 15:09:40 · update #1
This is a difficult question for a person to answer for you as the entire subject of souls and who may provide them is subject to much dispute depending on a person's individual religious beliefs.
Occaisionally, after a sperm has fertilized an egg, the resulting cells will end up splitting apart naturally and form the basis for two separate fetuses. When born, these babies genetic structures are identical and they can be referred to as "clones" as well as identical twins. If you believe that these identical twins would each have their own soul, then the same would likely apply to the "clones" developed in a laboratory.
If you believe that the behavior or decisions of an individual are what determines if a soul goes to heaven or hell upon the death of the mortal body, you should ask yourself what you think would happen to the soul of cloned beings. If there were only to be one soul shared between the two beings, if one of them were to commit some atrocious sin, or not get baptised, or not believe in God, or Jesus, or whatever the requirement is according to your beliefs to get to heaven, would this mean that the one who has lived a good life, has been baptised, professed belief, etc., would not get to go to heaven?
While it can be a very interesting question for debate, or to listen to people's different opinions, this is a question that can really only be answered by searching your own personal beliefs. I hope that I have helped you to figure out a way to think about it to determine your own belief on this matter.
2007-07-17 15:24:40 · answer #1 · answered by Rosa T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a tough question for those philosophers and ethicists out there. I don't believe that there is a true answer out there yet, because no one has cloned a human yet. Many religions would be nulled if a cloned human had a sould (such as Catholicism which states that a man and woman must create a child in order for the person to have a soul)
2007-07-19 07:16:18 · answer #2 · answered by marywoodballer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would it not? A clone may be genetically identical, but it is a new, separate person. If one assumes that a soul comes into existance when a person is created, then there's no reason to assume that a clone would not also have an independent soul that is separate and distinct from the "original" person.
2007-07-17 17:08:18 · answer #3 · answered by John R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm, i think this question leans more towards Spiritual and Religion than Biology. But I believe that any being that is able to make independent decisions have a soul. If the clone can only perform programmed actions, even if the body is biological, it is merely an 'empty shell'
2007-07-17 15:07:56 · answer #4 · answered by OrdiNance 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maternal twins are nature's human clones. Would you say a twin doesn't have soul? That they cannot go to heaven because there is someone else out there with the same dna? Do babies conceived through ivf have a soul? Would you ever say that child cannot go to heaven? What about the child conceived out of the anger and evilness of rape? Would you say they dont have soul, or that they cant go to heaven??? What is there to think about?? A human is a human. While many ascribe humanity to something only God can create, lets face it... NO children would be born or created without the actions of humans. Is having sex playing god? Is planning a family playing god? Does a child have soul or go to heaven because their parents planned and purposefully created that child, or only when the child is conceived out of accidental experimentation of two lovers??
2016-05-21 00:16:53 · answer #5 · answered by josefina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scientist have come to realize that ther is no empirical distinction between what people commonly call the "soul" and what scientists and philosophers have called a "mind". Aside from superstitious ideas of a disembodied soul, the only empirical evidence a soul exists is simply the evidence that a mind exists. And since the only thing that mind needs to exist is a special type of brain (human), you can deduce that the only thing a soul needs to exist is that same type of brain. So, unless your clone is brainless (and therefore, not functionally alive), it will have a soul. I am, of course, assuming you want empirical evidence and scientific reasoning, since you posted this in the biology section.
2007-07-17 15:25:45 · answer #6 · answered by the_way_of_the_turtle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about a soul, but a cloned human would probably have two soles - one on each foot.
Seriously though, the soul is not a biological feature so this question doesn't belong in the "'Science & Mathematics' category.
2007-07-18 00:05:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A clone is the same as an identical twin to the donor. If both twins have separate souls, then so too the clone and donor.
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2007-07-17 15:07:09 · answer #8 · answered by Gary H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a biological sense a clone is an identical twin. Are you suggesting that normal identical twins don't have souls? Your question is not a biological question. It is a religious question.
Edit: This is the last question I'm going to answer to written in broken English.
2007-07-17 15:06:02 · answer #9 · answered by Herschel Krustofski 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
So if a clone demonstrated the ability to think, feel, be creative, and had a conscious, CptToeNail would have to conclude that a soul doesn't actually do anything, and therefore doesn't matter.
2016-03-09 11:48:39 · answer #10 · answered by Jennifer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋