-Caveat Lector-
There was a story written years ago which suggested that the reason for the
sudden proliferation of amoral, sociopathic behavior in this particular
near-future world was that too many humans had been born, with too few souls
available to inhabit those bodies... IIRC, the story also suggested that
there is an upper limit to the total amount of life on Earth, and that
therefore the more human beings are born, the more animal and plant species
must die out. Unfortunately, I cannot remember the title or author--I think
it was published in an Earth Day-related anthology in 1970, but I'm not
certain of that.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 1999 2:27 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [CTRL] Cloning the soul ?
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> In a message dated 12/3/99 5:20:25 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > I just got this comment re cloning from another list and I thought it
> worthy
> > of passing on ..Any comments then ?
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > "And when we clone a human, will it have a soul. If so, is this
> acceptable
> > proof
> > that the soul is a function of a brain as complex as ours.
> > Can a clone go to heaven?"
> >
> > Brett
> >
> There are several collateral questions that need to be considered before
> one
> can answer this one. First, is there any such thing as a soul? Is the
> soul
> a seperate component, an intangible aspect, of human beings? Is there a
> heaven? Theologians have incredibly complex theories about human life and
> philosophical positions on just about everything. I've heard it said that
> upon the assumption of life (which itself is a matter of debate) the human
> embryo gains its soul, others claim different times. Additionally are
> there
> a finite number of souls in existence? Are new ones created as are
> needed?
> Are people reincarnated? Too many philosophical conundrums to give a
> single
> simple answer to the question, at least IMO.
>
>
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