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Question: Just because you clone it doesn't mean you gave it life, right!?
Theoretically speaking, we can clone things, but we can't give life!. If the clone is successful- whatever gives life to humans (God, higher power, science, whatever you believe in)- would give life to this clone, correct!? So wouldn't they have a soul and wouldn't it be separate from the original!? Basically what I'm saying is you can clone the cells but you can't clone the soul- is that right!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Yes!. Cloning is no different to IVF in this respect!. The difference is the cloned cells are from a single individual whereas in IVF they are from two - the male and the female!. The cloned individual will grow up in exactly the same way as an individual who was conceived by IVF!. They won't even be exactly like the person they were cloned from as they will have been subjected to different environmental influences!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I happen to think the soul is a human construction!. That is, people find that their bodies deteriorate over their lifetimes, so they don't want to believe that their whole being is dependent on their body!. The idea of a soul allows them to feel dignified and answers some tough moral questions!. I happen to think it's sloppy in the same way that invoking a god is!. Neither one is true, and they're both popular because both can make us feel good!. Belief in a soul is less immediately harmful than belief in a god, but I can't stretch it and say that such beliefs are benign!. Once people start taking some stuff via faulty reasoning, there's a dangerous precedent set for taking ideas without sound reasoning!.

Now if what you're asking is "Would the clone have a different personality than its counterpart!?" then the answer is yes!. We know this because identical twins don't turn out identical in personality!.

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That which has life, has also a soul !. A cloned human would, like any other human , have a soul !. The soul is that which gives life to a body , though it is , itself, not the life !.
And it is only certain religions that say that animals & plants do not have souls !. That is not the belief of all of Mankind !. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes, you are right!. The life principle is same for me and the clone!. We simply, create the situation; imitating nature (duplicating) and make the things happened like nature!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes you are Wright dear!. You only manipulate other things but not everything!.

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