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- Only human embryos are endowed with souls bearin...

2008-06-02T10:18:00.000+01:00

- Only human embryos are endowed with souls bearing/capable of bearing the image of God;
- Mixing human DNA with animal cytoplasms in a hybrid embryo DESTROYS the human soul qua HUMAN soul;
- Ergo, human-animal hybrid is murder, just like abortion.

In line with the "Augustinian" tradition, souls ar...

2008-06-02T10:08:00.000+01:00

In line with the "Augustinian" tradition, souls are "created" by NATURAL propagation, with the father as the principal cause, i.e. the concept of Traducianism. Hence, ORIGINAL Sin.

SIN assumes a theological dimension and presupposed that man was created in the IMAGE of God. This sets him apart from the rest of creation. The image of God is what modern ressourcement theologians like to call, mimetic.

Creationism undermines that claim by positing the soul as ADDED to the EMBRYO. But this weakens the doctrine of Original Sin.

This is why abortion is murder and therefore a mortal sin. The embryo is made in the image of God.

Of course, a.s. is right. But beyond that, there i...

2008-06-01T20:06:00.000+01:00

Of course, a.s. is right. But beyond that, there is an absolutely elementary category confusion here. Even on absolutely orthodox Christianity, there is no question of the soul without the combination of female egg and male sperm. This orthodox reaction is driven by anxiety: are humans always merely material beings? The anxiety is understandable but it's vital to fight for Christianity (or Judaism or Islam) using proper arguments. Otherwise, we bring religion into justified disrepute.

So, there is an intrinsic difference between human...

2008-05-29T05:20:00.000+01:00

So, there is an intrinsic difference between human DNA and animal DNA? Evolution undermines THAT difference.