Would a human clone have a soul??

[FireChicken]

If science is able to clone humans, and humans have souls, then does it mean that science has found the means to create souls???

 

[Kaido]

Souls are like operating systems, we don't run without em

 

[blackdogdeek]

humans have also found the means to create souls.

it's called procreation.

 

[FoBoT]

god created science and god created cloning, everything that science "discovers" is stuff god invented

 

[mordantmonkey]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
god created science and god created cloning, everything that science "discovers" is stuff god invented

don't forget "man invented god"

 

[thecrecarc]

Originally posted by: mordantmonkey

Originally posted by: FoBoT
god created science and god created cloning, everything that science "discovers" is stuff god invented

don't forget "man invented god"

and "god doesnt exist"

i dont belive in souls so i have no awnser to your question.

 

[CollectiveUnconscious]

Define "soul" before you ask the question.

 

[randay]

yes it will have a soul, because we can just feel it soul food and itll grow a soul.

 

[Atheus]

Doesn't matter what a soul is or if you believe in it - whatever it is, if you have it, your clone has it. Clones are just normal animals that happen to have the same genes as an existing animal.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: mordantmonkey

Originally posted by: FoBoT
god created science and god created cloning, everything that science "discovers" is stuff god invented

don't forget "man invented god"

What is "god"??

Assuming the existence of souls, and defining "soul" as the unique consciousness of the individual, then I would yes, a clone would have a soul.

 

[MrWizzard]

I'll let God worry about that.

Seeing as God made man, and man made the gods.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Atheus
Doesn't matter what a soul is or if you believe in it - whatever it is, if you have it, your clone has it. Clones are just normal animals that happen to have the same genes as an existing animal.

Exactly. Cloning is essentially just asexual reproduction.

 

[SpanishFry]

no.

 

[Steve]

Sounds like somebody's read a certain Dilbert strip...

 

[lyssword]

Originally posted by: randay
yes it will have a soul, because we can just feel it soul food and itll grow a soul.

lol

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: FireChicken
If science is able to clone humans, and humans have souls, then does it mean that science has found the means to create souls???

Twins have souls, dont they?

"Science" has known the means to create "souls" for a long time now. It's called sex.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: FireChicken
If science is able to clone humans, and humans have souls, then does it mean that science has found the means to create souls???

Identical twins are clones. Thus, do both identical twins have souls? That question will help you answer your question.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Atheus
Doesn't matter what a soul is or if you believe in it - whatever it is, if you have it, your clone has it. Clones are just normal animals that happen to have the same genes as an existing animal.

Yep, if you think identical twins each have souls, than clones do as well.

 

[CollectiveUnconscious]

Originally posted by: Atheus
Doesn't matter what a soul is or if you believe in it - whatever it is, if you have it, your clone has it. Clones are just normal animals that happen to have the same genes as an existing animal.

Depending on the definition of "soul," normal animals may not have a soul, and a simple reproduction of genetic material may not either. The definition does matter.

 

[BD2003]

Does this make me an Elite member by association?

 

[FireChicken]

Originally posted by: kmr1212
no.

kmr1212-if you don't think clones have souls then do you think its ok for humans to murder clones with out going to hell. Do you think its OK for us to make clones for spare body parts?
Sounds like you might think its OK.

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: FireChicken

Originally posted by: kmr1212
no.

kmr1212-if you don't think clones have souls then do you think its ok for humans to murder clones with out going to hell. Do you think its OK for us to make clones for spare body parts?
Sounds like you might think its OK.

After this post, I'm fairly sure you're lacking a soul.

 

[FireChicken]

Originally posted by: BD2003

Originally posted by: FireChicken

Originally posted by: kmr1212
no.

kmr1212-if you don't think clones have souls then do you think its ok for humans to murder clones with out going to hell. Do you think its OK for us to make clones for spare body parts?
Sounds like you might think its OK.

After this post, I'm fairly sure you're lacking a soul.

Possibly, or it could be that I just watched "The Island"

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Yeah, I'd think it does. God gives humans souls, and I don't see how the birth of a clone fetus would be any different than that of one that wasn't fiddled with as an embryo.

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: FireChicken

Originally posted by: BD2003

Originally posted by: FireChicken

Originally posted by: kmr1212
no.

kmr1212-if you don't think clones have souls then do you think its ok for humans to murder clones with out going to hell. Do you think its OK for us to make clones for spare body parts?
Sounds like you might think its OK.

After this post, I'm fairly sure you're lacking a soul.

Possibly, or it could be that I just watched "The Island"

As I thought. No, it is not OK to make fully functional human beings for spare body parts.

Bodies with just the rudimentary brain stems to keep the body in homeostasis on the other hand...I don't see why not. The movie sidestepped that question by saying that the humans "didn't develop properly". But thats BS. Even though the technology for something like that is FAR, FAR, FAR away, as long as you can maintain homeostasis, you could grow and keep alive the "shell" of a human for quite a long time.