12-17-2006, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by stephencp  Additionally, who's to say when a soul chooses to inhabit a body? The abortion debate has always fascinated me since if you believe in souls, what says that the soul must inhabit the body at conception? Why not wait till the first breath? (of course, there's that pro-reincarnation quote from the Bible about God knowing you before you were born....) | Or the soul waits for you to reach the age of six before entering the body. I mean, why not? CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Age of Reason 
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