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Perhaps 50% or more of fertilized eggs fail to reach birth.As for the OP, if someone wants to claim that God has a purpose for every pregnancy, he would probably need to address why about one fifth or more of pregnancies end in miscarriage. What was God's purpose for those?
There are other passages that support a universal truth when considered together.That was addressed to Jeremiah and not just to every person born, unless every person born, is ordained as a prophet to the nations.
yes they do. They are individuals with a soul, not at all like a clone. Please understand I am speaking for myself here, I have not researched this from a Theological perspective yet.Hhmm. By that logic, do you think IVF babies have souls?
we cannot begin to understand why God acts. See the book of JobPerhaps 50% or more of fertilized eggs fail to reach birth.
I am not going to say that you are wrong but there are other Theological views that exist and I would agree with one of those that is not what you have indicated.But God already knows those choices you will make before you are born.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/...identical-twins-are-not-genetically-identicalIn what way is a twin not like a clone? They are genetically identical, which is the definition of a clone.
my thought would be that the soul is not part of DNA. it is spiritual it is given to each person by God not by science. Man cannot create a soul. The soul is transcendent.Clones would also accumulate mutations over their lifetime, though.
I just really don't understand; if two humans have (or start with) the same DNA, why would we conclude thereby that they have no soul? It's a very strange position.
my thought would be that the soul is not part of DNA. it is spiritual it is given to each person by God not by science. Man cannot create a soul. The soul is transcendent.
Clones are never identical. But they are pretty similar.yes they do. They are individuals with a soul, not at all like a clone. Please understand I am speaking for myself here, I have not researched this from a Theological perspective yet.
my thought would be that the soul is not part of DNA. it is spiritual it is given to each person by God not by science. Man cannot create a soul. The soul is transcendent.
Man creates a clone but only God creates a soul. So my conclusion is that the clone would not have a soul.
Yes, but... okay. Imagine that an embryo is created in a Petri dish (as happens for IVF). Imagine that before that embryo is implanted, it is deliberately split into two, to create twins (clones). If both of those two embryos are implanted and grow to maturity... you think neither will have a soul?
In what way is a twin not like a clone? They are genetically identical, which is the definition of a clone.
You think God could create an infinite amount of people?
I am not aware of any fundamental constraint on the number of people God could create.
As to the discussions of souls, I probably can't debate that fully here.
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