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Soul Poll - Clicky

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DH and I were talking about this the other night (in relation to Elijah) and the abortion talk below got me thinking about it again. 

When do you think the soul "attaches" (for lack of a better word) to a baby? 

Disclaimer -- I'm not looking to start a religious or legal debate.  I'm just curious to see if there's a consensus, based on what you all thought/felt with your own pregnancies.

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Re: Soul Poll - Clicky

  • amber&patrickamber&patrick member
    I should mention that I voted for heartbeat.
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  • stephanielynn33stephanielynn33
    I voted conception. That's when/where my baby started, and as soon as I found out, that's when I loved her.
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  • ibisibis member
    Soul in what sense? A religious sense? Not sure I understand the question.
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  • amber&patrickamber&patrick member

    imageibis:
    Soul in what sense? A religious sense? Not sure I understand the question.

    I guess so.  The intangible thing that takes us from a collection of cells to a "person."  In your opinion, when does the egg or fetus become a person? 

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  • monkey_mama09monkey_mama09

    It's not something I've spent a lot of time thinking about.  And I don't consider myself as religious.

    That being said, last summer one of our close friends was killed in a motorcycle accident.  One of the things that automatically popped in my head to comfort myself was that J was in heaven with DS, telling him all about us and preparing him for us.  My mom mentioned the same thing at one point.  So apparently I think it happens at birth.

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  • amber&patrickamber&patrick member
    imagemonkey_mama09:

    It's not something I've spent a lot of time thinking about.  And I don't consider myself as religious.

    That being said, last summer one of our close friends was killed in a motorcycle accident.  One of the things that automatically popped in my head to comfort myself was that J was in heaven with DS, telling him all about us and preparing him for us.  My mom mentioned the same thing at one point.  So apparently I think it happens at birth.

    That's a really sweet image. 

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  • monkey_mama09monkey_mama09
    imageamber&patrick:
    imagemonkey_mama09:

    It's not something I've spent a lot of time thinking about.  And I don't consider myself as religious.

    That being said, last summer one of our close friends was killed in a motorcycle accident.  One of the things that automatically popped in my head to comfort myself was that J was in heaven with DS, telling him all about us and preparing him for us.  My mom mentioned the same thing at one point.  So apparently I think it happens at birth.

    That's a really sweet image. 

    It helped me a lot!

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  • JaysonandKristinJaysonandKristin member
    Voted other as I don't believe in the concept of a soul.
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  • KimberlyJeanKimberlyJean

    imagestephanielynn33:
    I voted conception. That's when/where my baby started, and as soon as I found out, that's when I loved her.

    Ditto - we were trying for a baby so I feel like I loved the idea of this little person long before she was a little person.

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  • dionnemd10dionnemd10 member
    i have no idea--never thought of it.    i think more after birth perhaps-as maybe the soul has to be nurtured first?   or maybe you don't get a soul until someone passes it on to you via a kiss-so think a newborn kiss the mommy passes the soul on--yep that is a good way to think of it.
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  • jalaiaajalaiaa

    imagestephanielynn33:
    I voted conception. That's when/where my baby started, and as soon as I found out, that's when I loved her.

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