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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:19 AM Original message |
If life begins at conception, do identical twins have half a soul? |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. Hey, you're using logic |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. The bible has no place in school, just like facts have no place within organized religion. |
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Bubbha Jo (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. Good short concise point ; ) |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. lol - good question |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. you know someone who is alive but doesn't breathe? |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Human beings are visible to the naked eye. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
6. Only mirror image twins I would suppose if in fact the soul is formed |
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WA98070 (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. "Way beyond my ability to understand." Faith is the answer when science fails us or we can't accept |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Was that supposed to be an answer? -nt |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. Actually, you are referring to "ferlization of the ovum" not "conception." |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Good point, but that's not the definition THEY use |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Well, "they" can say that the moon is made of green cheese, too. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. Yes - just made the point below that there is a clash between the usual medical definition |
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PermanentRevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
11. No, the soul stays with the first one |
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OneAmerica (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
14. Apparently someone has never heard of the evil twin theory. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Doctor Hibbard says a standard soul smear reveals which is the evil twin. |
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Shine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
16. As Obama would say, "That's above my pay grade." |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
17. So, somewhere there's a twin Dick Cheney with a soul? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
18. Science and scientists are elitist! |
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catlady (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
19. The thing about the whole "when does life begin" issue... |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. All good points, but a caveat about genetic uniqueness. |
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catlady (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. True... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
20. Each of them gets a half-"soul" |
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lady raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-08-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
25. Good question |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Better get each one baptized twice, just to make sure! |
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janetle (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
27. In a molar pregnancy, conception occurs... |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Exactly |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
28. Bzzzrrrtttzzz...cannot compute...zbbbrrrrzzztt. Danger, danger...cannot compute. (head explodes) |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
29. No, no, no. Obviously one has a soul and one doesn't. Sheesh. |
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Undercurrent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
30. My personal perspective, as an atheist, looks at this out differently. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. So is a second life created when the fertilized ovum splits? |
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Undercurrent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. In my opinion yes. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
33. Human being is an interface for a soul, not a container for one. |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
36. Some Eastern religions have a much more nuanced view of this -- the "soul" happens gradually |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
37. Perhaps but it's more likely that naysayers have half a brain. n/t |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
39. Oooo, they didn't tell me there'd be MATH! |
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progressive_realist (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
40. What about chimeras? Do they have two souls apiece? |
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