But godliness with contentment is great gain. - 1 Timothy 6:6

Q&A on Developing Human Being and the Soul

Rev. Richard L. Gurgel
Forward in Christ, April 2007

QUESTION: At what point does the developing human being have a soul? Does a zygote (union of egg and sperm) have a soul? If human life begins at conception, does an in vitro fertilized zygote have a soul? This is a troubling issue, particularly with embryos being harvested/ destroyed in stem cell research.

ANSWER: Theologians have advanced three explanations for the origin of the soul. However, only one of those explanations can be reconciled with all scriptural evidence.

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