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Originally Posted by TRIPLE E
Just wondering if you are suggesting there can be the life without ensoulment?
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Good question.
If life and ensoulment are synonymous, then I must look at a fertilized egg in a petri dish and declare it a living soul with all the eternal ramifications of that declaration.
I have taught that life begins at conception, and that, as Christians, we should value that life and hold it sacred. My point, in my earlier post, was to say that there are people of faith that disagree with that perspective.
I am quite dogmatic on the conception position until I look into the petri dish, and then I question whether implantation is a more valid marker. The problem with the implantation position is that it opens the door to methods of birth control with which I am not particularly comfortable.
Another interesting point that I came across is the fact that identical twins are not formed until the fertilized egg divides at approximately 14 days. If that is the case, do identical twins share a single soul, or do they receive their souls at conception or at the moment of separation?
The issues are quite complex, but I think that holding to the principle of the sanctity of human life as a guiding light will lead us to truth.
I can't wait until we move from stem cell research to euthanasia, the new frontier for Canada's looney left.
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