Originally posted by Hand of HecateAll of the members of the lowest order of creation (the temporal food chain pyramid) enjoy biological life.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1208047/Life-order-Man-organisms-months-say-biologists.html
What's the bible say about artificial life again.
Human life begins and is defined by the imparting of an immortal soul at the moment of physical birth.
Originally posted by FabianFnasGenesis chapters 1 and 2 contain four Hebrew verbs that depict God's activity of creating original human life. The male body was "yatsar"
According to the bible, life is not natural, it is created.
I myself see life natural.
(formed). Interestingly, the female body was "banah" (built). God then imparted soul life. Adam and Isha were created. We were born.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbySo dont animals have an immortal soul?
All of the members of the lowest order of creation (the temporal food chain pyramid) enjoy biological life.
Human life begins and is defined by the imparting of an immortal soul at the moment of physical birth.
(Sorry,the question had to be asked. I'm curious as to what you think .)
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyDoesn't matter. Life according to Genesis wasn't natural.
Genesis chapters 1 and 2 contain four Hebrew verbs that depict God's activity of creating original human life. The male body was "yatsar"
(formed). Interestingly, the female body was "banah" (built). God then imparted soul life. Adam and Isha were created. We were born.
Originally posted by AThousandYoungMy thought too at first, but then I started thinking. Give me some wood and allow me to cut it to
Sticking an artificial genome into a cell is not creating life. It's modifying it.
resemble two ducks copulating. Did I "create" this (brilliant, for sure) art piece or (because the wood
is a natural material) not?
If scientists can control precisely what the end result will be, and the end result is nowhere to be
found in nature, wouldn't you agree that it is in fact a synthetic form of life even though the building
blocks were taken from naturally occurring life? They are after all manipulating the "wood" to
become what they need it to become.